ANTIPHOLUS, DROMIO (2)

ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS	Here comes my man; I think he brings the money. 
How now, sir! have you that I sent you for? 	
DROMIO OF EPHESUS 	Here's that, I warrant you, will pay them all. 	
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS 	But where's the money? 	
DROMIO OF EPHESUS 	Why, sir, I gave the money for the rope. 	
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS 	Five hundred ducats, villain, for a rope? 	
DROMIO OF EPHESUS 	I'll serve you, sir, five hundred at the rate. 	
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS 	To what end did I bid thee hie thee home? 	
DROMIO OF EPHESUS 	To a rope's-end, sir; and to that end am I returned. 	
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS 	And to that end, sir, I will welcome you. 	
	[Beating him] 	
Officer 	Good sir, be patient. 	
DROMIO OF EPHESUS 	Nay, 'tis for me to be patient; I am in adversity. 	
Officer 	Good, now, hold thy tongue. 	
DROMIO OF EPHESUS 	Nay, rather persuade him to hold his hands. 	
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS 	Thou whoreson, senseless villain! 	
DROMIO OF EPHESUS 	I would I were senseless, sir, that I might not feel 
your blows. 	
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS	Thou art sensible in nothing but blows, and so is an 
ass. 	
DROMIO OF EPHESUS 	I am an ass, indeed; you may prove it by my long 
ears. I have served him from the hour of my 
nativity to this instant, and have nothing at his 
hands for my service but blows. When I am cold, he 
heats me with beating; when I am warm, he cools me 
with beating; I am waked with it when I sleep; 
raised with it when I sit; driven out of doors with 
it when I go from home; welcomed home with it when 
I return; nay, I bear it on my shoulders, as a 
beggar wont her brat; and, I think when he hath 
lamed me, I shall beg with it from door to door.