A humorous scene in a play intended to ease tension is?

Soon after this dialogue appears?

Read the extract and answer the question Oh, a Cherubin Thou wast that did preserve me. Thou didst smile, Infused with a fortitude from heaven, When I have decked the sea with drops full salt. Under my burthen groaned; which raised in me An undergoing stomach, to bear...

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