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Enter FOOL and FABIAN
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The FOOL and FABIAN enter.
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FABIAN Now, as thou lovest me, let me see his letter.
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FABIAN If you’re my friend, you’ll let me see his letter.
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FOOL Good Master Fabian, grant me another request.
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FOOL Dear Mr. Fabian, do me another favor first.
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FABIAN Anything.
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FABIAN Anything.
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FOOL Do not desire to see this letter.
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FOOL Don’t ask to see this letter.
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FABIAN
5This is, to give a dog and in recompense desire my dog
again.
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FABIAN That’s like giving someone a dog as a present, and then asking for the dog back in return.
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Enter ORSINO, VIOLA, CURIO, and lords
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ORSINO, VIOLA, CURIO, and lords enter.
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ORSINO Belong you to the Lady Olivia, friends?
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ORSINO My friends, are you all Lady Olivia’s servants?
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FOOL Ay, sir, we are some of her trappings.
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FOOL Yes, sir, we’re part of her entourage.
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ORSINO I know thee well. How dost thou, my good fellow?
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ORSINO I know you. How are you, my friend?
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FOOL
10Truly, sir, the better for my foes and the worse for my
friends.
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FOOL I’m better off because of my enemies, and worse off because of my friends.
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ORSINO Just the contrary. The better for thy friends.
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ORSINO You mean it the other way around. You’re better off because of your friends.
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FOOL No, sir, the worse.
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FOOL No, sir, worse off.
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ORSINO How can that be?
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ORSINO How can that be?
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