SCENEⅠ A Forest between Milan and Verona
［Enter certain Outlaws．］
First Outlaw Fellows，stand fast；I see a passenger．
Second Outlaw If there be ten，shrink not，but down with＇em．
［Enter VALENTINE and SPEED．］
Third Outlaw Stand，sir，and throw us that you have about ye；if not，we＇ll make you sit and rifle you．
SPEED Sir，we are undone；these are the villains that all the travellers do fear so much．
VALENTINE My friends，—
First Outlaw That＇s not so，sir；we are your enemies．
Second Outlaw Peace！We＇ll hear him．
Third Outlaw Ay，by my beard，will we，for he＇s a proper man．
VALENTINE Then know，that I have little wealth to lose；a man I am cross＇d with adversity；my riches are these poor habiliments，of which if you should here disfurnish me，you take the sum and substance that I have．
Second Outlaw Whither travel you？
VALENTINE To Verona．
First Outlaw Whence came you？
VALENTINE From Milan．
Third Outlaw Have you long sojourned there？
VALENTINE Some sixteen months；and longer might have stay＇d，if crooked fortune had not thwarted me．