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Freb. You have not yet enquired for honest Reisdale.
I met him as I came, and mention'd you.
He seem'd amaz'd; and fain he would have learnt
What cause procur'd us so much happiness.
He question'd hard, and hardly would believe
I could not satisfy his strong desire.

Rez. And know you not what brings De Monfort here?

Freb. Truly, I do not.

Rez.O! 'tis love of me.
I have but two short days in Amberg been,
And here with postman's speed he follows me,
Finding his home so dull and tiresome grown.

Freb. to De Mon. Is Rezenvelt so sadly miss'd with you?
Your town so chang'd?

De Mon.Not altogether so:
Some witlings and jest-mongers still remain
For fools to laugh at.

Rez. But he laughs not, and therefore he is wise.
He ever frowns on them with sullen brow
Contemptuous; therefore he is very wise.
Nay, daily frets his most refined soul
With their poor folly, to its inmost core;
Therefore he is most eminently wise.

Freb. Fy, Rezenvelt! You are too early gay;
Such spirits rise but with the ev'ning glass.
They suit not placid morn.