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Enter PAGE, SHALLOW, and SLENDER.
Enter PAGE, SHALLOW, and SLENDER.
PAGE
Come, come. We’ll couch i’ th’ castle ditch till we
see the light of our fairies.—Remember, son Slender,
my—
PAGE
Come, come. We’ll couch i’ th’ castle ditch till we
see the light of our fairies.—Remember, son Slender,
my—
SLENDER
Ay, forsooth, I have spoke with her, and we
5
have a nayword how to know one another. I come
to her in white and cry “mum,” she cries “budget,”
and by that we know one another.
SLENDER
Ay, forsooth, I have spoke with her, and we
5
have a nayword how to know one another. I come
to her in white and cry “mum,” she cries “budget,”
and by that we know one another.
SHALLOW
That’s good too. But what needs either your
“mum” or her “budget”? The white will decipher
10
her well enough. It hath struck ten o’clock.
SHALLOW
That’s good too. But what needs either your
“mum” or her “budget”? The white will decipher
10
her well enough. It hath struck ten o’clock.
PAGE
The night is dark. Light and spirits will become
it well. Heaven prosper our sport! No man means
evil but the devil, and we shall know him by his
horns. Let’s away. Follow me.
PAGE
The night is dark. Light and spirits will become
it well. Heaven prosper our sport! No man means
evil but the devil, and we shall know him by his
horns. Let’s away. Follow me.
They exit.
They exit.

Original Text

Modern Text
Enter PAGE, SHALLOW, and SLENDER.
Enter PAGE, SHALLOW, and SLENDER.
PAGE
Come, come. We’ll couch i’ th’ castle ditch till we
see the light of our fairies.—Remember, son Slender,
my—
PAGE
Come, come. We’ll couch i’ th’ castle ditch till we
see the light of our fairies.—Remember, son Slender,
my—
SLENDER
Ay, forsooth, I have spoke with her, and we
5
have a nayword how to know one another. I come
to her in white and cry “mum,” she cries “budget,”
and by that we know one another.
SLENDER
Ay, forsooth, I have spoke with her, and we
5
have a nayword how to know one another. I come
to her in white and cry “mum,” she cries “budget,”
and by that we know one another.
SHALLOW
That’s good too. But what needs either your
“mum” or her “budget”? The white will decipher
10
her well enough. It hath struck ten o’clock.
SHALLOW
That’s good too. But what needs either your
“mum” or her “budget”? The white will decipher
10
her well enough. It hath struck ten o’clock.
PAGE
The night is dark. Light and spirits will become
it well. Heaven prosper our sport! No man means
evil but the devil, and we shall know him by his
horns. Let’s away. Follow me.
PAGE
The night is dark. Light and spirits will become
it well. Heaven prosper our sport! No man means
evil but the devil, and we shall know him by his
horns. Let’s away. Follow me.
They exit.
They exit.
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