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Enter, meeting, SPEED and LANCE with his dog Crab
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Enter, meeting, SPEED and LANCE with his dog Crab
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SPEED Lance, by mine honesty, welcome to Milan!
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SPEED Lance, by mine honesty, welcome to Milan!
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LANCE Forswear not thyself, sweet youth, for I am not welcome. I reckon this always, that a man is never undone till he be hanged, nor never welcome to a place till some certain shot be paid and the hostess say “Welcome!”
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LANCE Forswear not thyself, sweet youth, for I am not welcome. I reckon this always, that a man is never undone till he be hanged, nor never welcome to a place till some certain shot be paid and the hostess say “Welcome!”
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SPEED Come on, you madcap, I’ll to the alehouse with you presently, where, for one shot of five pence, thou shalt have five thousand welcomes. But, sirrah, how did thy master part with Madam Julia?
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SPEED Come on, you madcap, I’ll to the alehouse with you presently, where, for one shot of five pence, thou shalt have five thousand welcomes. But, sirrah, how did thy master part with Madam Julia?
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LANCE Marry, after they closed in earnest, they parted very fairly in jest.
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LANCE Marry, after they closed in earnest, they parted very fairly in jest.
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SPEED 5 But shall she marry him?
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SPEED But shall she marry him?
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LANCE No.
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LANCE No.
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SPEED How then? Shall he marry her?
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SPEED How then? Shall he marry her?
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LANCE No, neither.
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LANCE No, neither.
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SPEED What, are they broken?
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SPEED What, are they broken?
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LANCE 10 No, they are both as whole as a fish.
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LANCE No, they are both as whole as a fish.
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SPEED Why, then, how stands the matter with them?
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SPEED Why, then, how stands the matter with them?
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LANCE Marry, thus: when it stands well with him, it stands well with her.
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LANCE Marry, thus: when it stands well with him, it stands well with her.
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SPEED What an ass art thou! I understand thee not.
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SPEED What an ass art thou! I understand thee not.
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LANCE What a block art thou, that thou canst not! My staff understands me.
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LANCE What a block art thou, that thou canst not! My staff understands me.
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SPEED 15 What thou sayest?
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SPEED What thou sayest?
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LANCE Ay, and what I do too. Look thee, I’ll but lean, and my staff understands me.
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LANCE Ay, and what I do too. Look thee, I’ll but lean, and my staff understands me.
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SPEED It stands under thee, indeed.
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SPEED It stands under thee, indeed.
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LANCE Why, stand-under and under-stand is all one.
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LANCE Why, stand-under and under-stand is all one.
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SPEED But tell me true, will ’t be a match?
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SPEED But tell me true, will ’t be a match?
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LANCE 20 Ask my dog. If he say ay, it will; if he say no, it will; if he shake his tail and say nothing, it will.
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LANCE Ask my dog. If he say ay, it will; if he say no, it will; if he shake his tail and say nothing, it will.
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SPEED The conclusion is then that it will.
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SPEED The conclusion is then that it will.
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LANCE Thou shalt never get such a secret from me but by a parable.
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LANCE Thou shalt never get such a secret from me but by a parable.
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SPEED ’Tis well that I get it so. But, Lance, how sayest thou, that my master is become a notable lover?
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SPEED ’Tis well that I get it so. But, Lance, how sayest thou, that my master is become a notable lover?
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LANCE I never knew him otherwise.
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LANCE I never knew him otherwise.
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SPEED 25 Than how?
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SPEED Than how?
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LANCE A notable lubber, as thou reportest him to be.
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LANCE A notable lubber, as thou reportest him to be.
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SPEED Why, thou whoreson ass, thou mistak’st me.
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SPEED Why, thou whoreson ass, thou mistak’st me.
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LANCE Why, fool, I meant not thee. I meant thy master.
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LANCE Why, fool, I meant not thee. I meant thy master.
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SPEED I tell thee, my master is become a hot lover.
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SPEED I tell thee, my master is become a hot lover.
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LANCE 30 Why, I tell thee I care not, though he burn himself in love. If thou wilt, go with me to the alehouse; if not, thou art an Hebrew, a Jew, and not worth the name of a Christian.
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LANCE Why, I tell thee I care not, though he burn himself in love. If thou wilt, go with me to the alehouse; if not, thou art an Hebrew, a Jew, and not worth the name of a Christian.
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SPEED Why?
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SPEED Why?
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LANCE Because thou hast not so much charity in thee as to go to the ale with a Christian. Wilt thou go?
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LANCE Because thou hast not so much charity in thee as to go to the ale with a Christian. Wilt thou go?
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SPEED At thy service.
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SPEED At thy service.
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Exeunt
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Exeunt
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Enter, meeting, SPEED and LANCE with his dog Crab
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Enter, meeting, SPEED and LANCE with his dog Crab
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SPEED Lance, by mine honesty, welcome to Milan!
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SPEED Lance, by mine honesty, welcome to Milan!
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LANCE Forswear not thyself, sweet youth, for I am not welcome. I reckon this always, that a man is never undone till he be hanged, nor never welcome to a place till some certain shot be paid and the hostess say “Welcome!”
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LANCE Forswear not thyself, sweet youth, for I am not welcome. I reckon this always, that a man is never undone till he be hanged, nor never welcome to a place till some certain shot be paid and the hostess say “Welcome!”
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SPEED Come on, you madcap, I’ll to the alehouse with you presently, where, for one shot of five pence, thou shalt have five thousand welcomes. But, sirrah, how did thy master part with Madam Julia?
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SPEED Come on, you madcap, I’ll to the alehouse with you presently, where, for one shot of five pence, thou shalt have five thousand welcomes. But, sirrah, how did thy master part with Madam Julia?
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LANCE Marry, after they closed in earnest, they parted very fairly in jest.
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LANCE Marry, after they closed in earnest, they parted very fairly in jest.
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SPEED 5 But shall she marry him?
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SPEED But shall she marry him?
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LANCE No.
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LANCE No.
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SPEED How then? Shall he marry her?
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SPEED How then? Shall he marry her?
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LANCE No, neither.
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LANCE No, neither.
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SPEED What, are they broken?
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SPEED What, are they broken?
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LANCE 10 No, they are both as whole as a fish.
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LANCE No, they are both as whole as a fish.
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SPEED Why, then, how stands the matter with them?
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SPEED Why, then, how stands the matter with them?
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LANCE Marry, thus: when it stands well with him, it stands well with her.
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LANCE Marry, thus: when it stands well with him, it stands well with her.
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SPEED What an ass art thou! I understand thee not.
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SPEED What an ass art thou! I understand thee not.
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LANCE What a block art thou, that thou canst not! My staff understands me.
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LANCE What a block art thou, that thou canst not! My staff understands me.
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SPEED 15 What thou sayest?
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SPEED What thou sayest?
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LANCE Ay, and what I do too. Look thee, I’ll but lean, and my staff understands me.
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LANCE Ay, and what I do too. Look thee, I’ll but lean, and my staff understands me.
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SPEED It stands under thee, indeed.
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SPEED It stands under thee, indeed.
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LANCE Why, stand-under and under-stand is all one.
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LANCE Why, stand-under and under-stand is all one.
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SPEED But tell me true, will ’t be a match?
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SPEED But tell me true, will ’t be a match?
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LANCE 20 Ask my dog. If he say ay, it will; if he say no, it will; if he shake his tail and say nothing, it will.
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LANCE Ask my dog. If he say ay, it will; if he say no, it will; if he shake his tail and say nothing, it will.
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SPEED The conclusion is then that it will.
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SPEED The conclusion is then that it will.
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LANCE Thou shalt never get such a secret from me but by a parable.
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LANCE Thou shalt never get such a secret from me but by a parable.
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SPEED ’Tis well that I get it so. But, Lance, how sayest thou, that my master is become a notable lover?
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SPEED ’Tis well that I get it so. But, Lance, how sayest thou, that my master is become a notable lover?
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LANCE I never knew him otherwise.
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LANCE I never knew him otherwise.
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SPEED 25 Than how?
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SPEED Than how?
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LANCE A notable lubber, as thou reportest him to be.
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LANCE A notable lubber, as thou reportest him to be.
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SPEED Why, thou whoreson ass, thou mistak’st me.
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SPEED Why, thou whoreson ass, thou mistak’st me.
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LANCE Why, fool, I meant not thee. I meant thy master.
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LANCE Why, fool, I meant not thee. I meant thy master.
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SPEED I tell thee, my master is become a hot lover.
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SPEED I tell thee, my master is become a hot lover.
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LANCE 30 Why, I tell thee I care not, though he burn himself in love. If thou wilt, go with me to the alehouse; if not, thou art an Hebrew, a Jew, and not worth the name of a Christian.
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LANCE Why, I tell thee I care not, though he burn himself in love. If thou wilt, go with me to the alehouse; if not, thou art an Hebrew, a Jew, and not worth the name of a Christian.
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SPEED Why?
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SPEED Why?
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LANCE Because thou hast not so much charity in thee as to go to the ale with a Christian. Wilt thou go?
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LANCE Because thou hast not so much charity in thee as to go to the ale with a Christian. Wilt thou go?
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SPEED At thy service.
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SPEED At thy service.
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Exeunt
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Exeunt
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