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Some slight refreshment. After such fatigue,
So early and so gallantly encounter'd,
(Two leagues at least upon an ambling steed
Your morning's hardships fairly maybe reckon'd,)
You must require refreshment.

TORTONA.

Paltry coxcomb!

ROVANI.

Yes, paltry as a coxcomb, good, my Lord,

Compared to greater. Pardon a deficiency
Your presence has occasion'd, and permit
That I conduct you———

TORTONA.

Most contemptible!

Follow me not! My way from this curst place
I'll find without a guide.

ROVANI.

Then be it so,

If it so please you: and, farewell, my Lord,
Until within these walls you shall again
Vouchsafe to honour us.

TORTONA.

Which may be, jeering minion, somewhat sooner

Than thou dost reckon for.

ROVANI.

Whene'er you will, we're ready to receive you.

[Exit Tortona.
He calls me minion: seest thou not, Gonzalos,