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SCENE X.
To them a SQUIRE.SQUIRE.
Arrest your sentence.
I come in the name of one, who hears with horror
This barbarous process, to proclaim the accuser
Of that most innocent and royal lady,
A slanderer and villain; who accepts
Her just defence, and by the law of arms
Throws down this gage, and claims the combat for her.
BIRENO.
Take it, Ascanio. Bid your knight appear,
(If such his order) for to none beneath
Am I thus bound to answer. Speak his titles.
SQUIRE.
He wills not I reveal him; but suffice it,
He has a name in arms that will not shame
The noble cause he fights for.
BIRENO.
Bid him enter.
My shield and sword. Say, I am deck'd to meet him.
[Exit Squire.
Some rash adventurer, prodigal of life,
Brib'd by her father's gold to grace her fall,
And add an easy trophy to my banners.—
Confusion! Paladore!
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