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Enter QUINCE , FLUTE , SNOUT , and STARVELING	CNIQUE , FTELU , SNOTU , adn SLNRVTAGIE etren.
QUINCE Have you sent to Bottoms house? Is he come home yet?	ENIQCU Have oyu setn nneayo to mBtstoo shoue? asH he omce ehom eyt?
STARVELING He cannot be heard of. Out of doubt he is transported.	EVSRTLGIAN No onse eahdr morf mih. Im user hse been endipdapk.
FLUTE If he come not, then the play is marred. It goes not forward. Doth it?	UFETL If he dsnteo shwo up, eht lpay is idneur. It twon go on. lilW it?
QUINCE It is not possible. You have not a man in all Athens able to discharge Pyramus but he.	ENCIUQ No, it uwldo be smsiebolip. esH teh loyn opsnre in sthnAe ohw anc aylp srmuaPy.
FLUTE No, he hath simply the best wit of any handicraft man in Athens.	UELFT etiDfynile. seH etqui iympsl hte raetsstm gonrwik-mna in esnAth.
QUINCE Yea, and the best person too. And he is a very paramour for a sweet voice.	EQUINC Yes, adn het stbe oniglko oot. And ish ivoce is het uraoarmp of tnswesese.
FLUTE You must say paragon. A paramour is, God bless us, a thing of naught.	LTEUF uYo eman gnrapao. A rruaopam apmourar = lover paramour is nimoethgs bad.
Enter SNUG	UNSG nseter.
SNUG Masters, the duke is coming from the temple, and there is two or three lords and ladies more married. If our sport had gone forward, we had all been made men.	USNG ehT kuesd gleivna het pemtle. Tow or ehetr rmeo slrod nda ediasl ehav eben rrmidae too. If dwe bene ebal to tpu on our lyap, we dlwou aehv adh it maed.
FLUTE O sweet bully Bottom! Thus hath he lost sixpence a day during his life. He could not have scaped sixpence a day. An the duke had not given him sixpence a day for playing Pyramus, Ill be hanged.	TUFEL Oh ttha eagrt, nyfnu uyg, mototB! He duwlo veah gttoen a iepnson of xis ecepn a ayd rfo shi olhwe iefl. ixS npece a ady eodlwvu ebne deorcf on hmi. Ill be dmaedn if hte udke nwtuodl veah vieng hmi ixs ecpne a day orf alyinpg sPayumr.
He would have deserved it. Sixpence a day in Pyramus, or nothing.	dAn he oludw haev desvedre it too. ymPusar is owhtr sxi nceep a ady, A oeninps of ixs necep a day dwlou be a otl of ynome fro a wikgrno class man. six ecnep a ady, or ist orwht ohgitnn!
Enter BOTTOM	TMOBOT rntsee.
BOTTOM Where are these lads? Where are these hearts?	TBMOTO herWe are my suyg? reWhe are my doog osleflw?
QUINCE Bottom! O most courageous day! O most happy hour!	QCENUI totBmo! Oh, owh drolnfuew to see uoy! Oh, awht a fliere!
BOTTOM Masters, I am to discourse wondersbut ask me not what, for if I tell you I am no true Athenian. I will tell you everything, right as it fell out.	MBTOOT My freisdn, evI ogt msoe ngmzaia hgtisn to letl yuuotb tdon ska me to ltel ouy awth. I ewsar by my nheinatA eiicpstznhi htta I ntwo tlel uoy atnyngih. Ill tell uoy gnhiryvtee eytclxa as it apdpnhee.
QUINCE Let us hear, sweet Bottom.	ENUIQC lleT us, mttooB.
BOTTOM Not a word of me. All that I will tell you is that the duke hath dined. Get your apparel together, good strings to your beards, new ribbons to your pumps. Meet presently at the palace. Every man look oer his part. For the short and the long is, our play is preferred. In any case, let Thisbe have clean linen. And let not him that plays the lion pair his nails, for they shall hang out for the lions claws. And most dear actors, eat no onions nor garlic, for we are to utter sweet breath. And I do not doubt but to hear them say, It is a sweet comedy. No more words. Away, go away!	OOBMTT No, oyu wont tge a dwor tuo of me. llA lIl tell you is htta hte dkeu ahs dha nnired rdlaeay. Nwo tis imte to etg uoyr esmtocus gtrteoeh. dnFi msoe gdoo gsnsirt fro nytig on ouyr aelsf badrse, dna garb ewn risnbob to eetcrado yuro eshos. etMe me at eht alepca as noos as psibeslo. okLo eorv royu lseni ianga. Oru lypsa ggnoi to be deroempfr rof het eudk! So meak user sisTehb girwaen alcen adeernruw, nad meka seru hrveeswo ynaglip the loni nodest tuc hsi nslia, eacebus he sende mhet ngol to kloo klie sloni lsacw. ndA no neo aet any ninsoo or riacgl. If we aveh weset-liemnsgl btaehr, Im resu elyhtl ysa its a weest pyal. owN no moer gkilnat. Gte ysub, go!
Exeunt	Thye lla txie.

Original Text	Modern Text
Enter QUINCE , FLUTE , SNOUT , and STARVELING	CNIQUE , FTELU , SNOTU , adn SLNRVTAGIE etren.
QUINCE Have you sent to Bottoms house? Is he come home yet?	ENIQCU Have oyu setn nneayo to mBtstoo shoue? asH he omce ehom eyt?
STARVELING He cannot be heard of. Out of doubt he is transported.	EVSRTLGIAN No onse eahdr morf mih. Im user hse been endipdapk.
FLUTE If he come not, then the play is marred. It goes not forward. Doth it?	UFETL If he dsnteo shwo up, eht lpay is idneur. It twon go on. lilW it?
QUINCE It is not possible. You have not a man in all Athens able to discharge Pyramus but he.	ENCIUQ No, it uwldo be smsiebolip. esH teh loyn opsnre in sthnAe ohw anc aylp srmuaPy.
FLUTE No, he hath simply the best wit of any handicraft man in Athens.	UELFT etiDfynile. seH etqui iympsl hte raetsstm gonrwik-mna in esnAth.
QUINCE Yea, and the best person too. And he is a very paramour for a sweet voice.	EQUINC Yes, adn het stbe oniglko oot. And ish ivoce is het uraoarmp of tnswesese.
FLUTE You must say paragon. A paramour is, God bless us, a thing of naught.	LTEUF uYo eman gnrapao. A rruaopam apmourar = lover paramour is nimoethgs bad.
Enter SNUG	UNSG nseter.
SNUG Masters, the duke is coming from the temple, and there is two or three lords and ladies more married. If our sport had gone forward, we had all been made men.	USNG ehT kuesd gleivna het pemtle. Tow or ehetr rmeo slrod nda ediasl ehav eben rrmidae too. If dwe bene ebal to tpu on our lyap, we dlwou aehv adh it maed.
FLUTE O sweet bully Bottom! Thus hath he lost sixpence a day during his life. He could not have scaped sixpence a day. An the duke had not given him sixpence a day for playing Pyramus, Ill be hanged.	TUFEL Oh ttha eagrt, nyfnu uyg, mototB! He duwlo veah gttoen a iepnson of xis ecepn a ayd rfo shi olhwe iefl. ixS npece a ady eodlwvu ebne deorcf on hmi. Ill be dmaedn if hte udke nwtuodl veah vieng hmi ixs ecpne a day orf alyinpg sPayumr.
He would have deserved it. Sixpence a day in Pyramus, or nothing.	dAn he oludw haev desvedre it too. ymPusar is owhtr sxi nceep a ady, A oeninps of ixs necep a day dwlou be a otl of ynome fro a wikgrno class man. six ecnep a ady, or ist orwht ohgitnn!
Enter BOTTOM	TMOBOT rntsee.
BOTTOM Where are these lads? Where are these hearts?	TBMOTO herWe are my suyg? reWhe are my doog osleflw?
QUINCE Bottom! O most courageous day! O most happy hour!	QCENUI totBmo! Oh, owh drolnfuew to see uoy! Oh, awht a fliere!
BOTTOM Masters, I am to discourse wondersbut ask me not what, for if I tell you I am no true Athenian. I will tell you everything, right as it fell out.	MBTOOT My freisdn, evI ogt msoe ngmzaia hgtisn to letl yuuotb tdon ska me to ltel ouy awth. I ewsar by my nheinatA eiicpstznhi htta I ntwo tlel uoy atnyngih. Ill tell uoy gnhiryvtee eytclxa as it apdpnhee.
QUINCE Let us hear, sweet Bottom.	ENUIQC lleT us, mttooB.
BOTTOM Not a word of me. All that I will tell you is that the duke hath dined. Get your apparel together, good strings to your beards, new ribbons to your pumps. Meet presently at the palace. Every man look oer his part. For the short and the long is, our play is preferred. In any case, let Thisbe have clean linen. And let not him that plays the lion pair his nails, for they shall hang out for the lions claws. And most dear actors, eat no onions nor garlic, for we are to utter sweet breath. And I do not doubt but to hear them say, It is a sweet comedy. No more words. Away, go away!	OOBMTT No, oyu wont tge a dwor tuo of me. llA lIl tell you is htta hte dkeu ahs dha nnired rdlaeay. Nwo tis imte to etg uoyr esmtocus gtrteoeh. dnFi msoe gdoo gsnsirt fro nytig on ouyr aelsf badrse, dna garb ewn risnbob to eetcrado yuro eshos. etMe me at eht alepca as noos as psibeslo. okLo eorv royu lseni ianga. Oru lypsa ggnoi to be deroempfr rof het eudk! So meak user sisTehb girwaen alcen adeernruw, nad meka seru hrveeswo ynaglip the loni nodest tuc hsi nslia, eacebus he sende mhet ngol to kloo klie sloni lsacw. ndA no neo aet any ninsoo or riacgl. If we aveh weset-liemnsgl btaehr, Im resu elyhtl ysa its a weest pyal. owN no moer gkilnat. Gte ysub, go!
Exeunt	Thye lla txie.