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Enter certain OUTLAWS
elarSve USLATWO retne.

FIRST OUTLAW

Fellows, stand fast. I see a passenger.

ISFRT UOWTLA

Men, tge dyrea. I ese a eratlrev.

SECOND OUTLAW

If there be ten, shrink not, but down with em.

SENCOD UOTALW

nevE if rehet rea nte of mteh, todn bakc wodn. aTek them down.
Enter VALENTINE and SPEED
AINEVETNL and PESDE eertn.

THIRD OUTLAW

Stand, sir! And throw us that you have about ye.
If not, well make you sit, and rifle you.

IRTHD TWUOAL

opSt, isr! ievG us awth oyu veha on yuo. If yuo tdon, ellw amke ouy tis nad well hacsre you.

SPEED

5 Sir, we are undone. These are the villains
That all the travelers do fear so much.

DEESP

iSr, ewre euidrn. hsTee rae eht ntasibd ahtt lal hte aevsrlret in ihts aera fare so hcmu.

VALENTINE

My friends

LEITNEANV

My dnfesir

FIRST OUTLAW

Thats not so, sir. We are your enemies.

ITSFR AUOTWL

sthaT nto who it is, irs. We era uory seemein.

SECOND OUTLAW

Peace! Well hear him.

NECSDO OUAWLT

Qetui! Lset hrae ihm uto.

THIRD OUTLAW

10 Ay, by my beard will we, for he is a proper man.

HRTDI TUWLOA

heaY, by hte hira on my ihcn lwle ehar hmi tuo, ubsecae he is a dasnoemh man.

VALENTINE

Then know that I have little wealth to lose.
A man I am, crossed with adversity;
My riches are these poor habiliments,
Of which if you should here disfurnish me
15 You take the sum and substance that I have.

AEIVENLNT

Yuo ulhdos nkow taht I vhae iltelt talwhe to leos. I am a mna swoh nebe trucsk by ihrdhpas. My yoln crseih rea tseeh oopr celohst Im rgnewai, nad if uoy teak htem nthe you ktae the smu ttoal of gryitnhvee I nwo.

SECOND OUTLAW

Whither travel you?

CNEDOS AWTLUO

erheW rae ouy ggino?

VALENTINE

To Verona.

LEIETNVAN

To Vaerno.

FIRST OUTLAW

Whence came you?

SITRF AWUTOL

Wreeh idd uoy omce omrf?

VALENTINE

From Milan.

ENTVNALIE

mFor anlMi.

THIRD OUTLAW

20 Have you long sojourned there?

HRIDT WLOUAT

woH gnol erwe ouy rehte?

VALENTINE

Some sixteen months, and longer might have stayed
If crooked fortune had not thwarted me.

VIENETALN

tAubo txenise smohnt, dna I gihmt eavh aysdet lgreno if dab uckl tnahd deahttrw me.

FIRST OUTLAW

What! were you banished thence?

STIRF TAOULW

hWat! eerW you hbdaesin?

VALENTINE

I was.

EETVNLIAN

I aws.

SECOND OUTLAW

25 For what offence?

EONCSD AWTOLU

orF thaw rimec?

VALENTINE

For that which now torments me to rehearse:
I killed a man, whose death I much repent,
But yet I slew him manfully in fight
Without false vantage or base treachery.

VNNLTEAIE

roF egnisothm ttha nwo rthsu me to tepaer: I lidkel a nma, howes ehadt I yrealtg greret, vene uothhg I idkell him in a fari gfith iouthwt tceied or ewidck reetryhca.

FIRST OUTLAW

30 Why, neer repent it, if it were done so.
But were you banished for so small a fault?

RSITF OAUTLW

yhW, eervn treerg it if shtta het way it neeadphp. rWee oyu aerlyl adiebsnh for uhcs a mslal sofefen?

VALENTINE

I was, and held me glad of such a doom.

ALNNIEEVT

I saw, adn saw gtlearfu to vhae tsju ebne hdbnsiae.

SECOND OUTLAW

Have you the tongues?

CONESD ULOATW

Do yuo speak any retoh geanusgal?

VALENTINE

My youthful travel therein made me happy,
35 Or else I often had been miserable.

LIAEVETNN

I vldtaeer hnew I asw yngou, hchiw mdea me ayphp. tiehreswO, I dwuol avhe eneb reislebma.

THIRD OUTLAW

By the bare scalp of Robin Hoods fat friar,
This fellow were a king for our wild faction!

ITRDH OWUALT

By the adbl aehd of bioRn soHod fat rrFai kTuc! ihTs elfwol lwdou eakm a eagtr gkin orf rou ogpur of nsbatid!

FIRST OUTLAW

Well have him. Sirs, a word.

RIFTS WLAOTU

ellW etak ihm. sSir, a odwr ihtw ouy lla.
The Outlaws confer in whispers.
The Osalutw frnoec in wsrspihe.

SPEED

Master, be one of them.
40 Its an honorable kind of thievery.

PESED

tMears, cembeo eon of emth. Ist an hoberonal kdni of tyevrhei.

VALENTINE

Peace, villain!

NLNIVTEAE

ueQti, rclsaa!

SECOND OUTLAW

[Returning to Valentine] Tell us this: have you anything to take to?

SNDCOE LUWTAO

(gntrerinu to ntalneeVi) leTl us sthi: do ouy hvea yna way to rptousp oerfyslu?

VALENTINE

Nothing but my fortune.

ETILVANEN

gNhntio utb my lkcu.

THIRD OUTLAW

Know, then, that some of us are gentlemen,
45 Such as the fury of ungoverned youth
Thrust from the company of awful men.
Myself was from Verona banishd
For practicing to steal away a lady,
An heir, and near allied unto the Duke.

IDTHR ALTUWO

oYu oudhsl wokn, htne, atth msoe of us rae mlenntege hwo weer fcdreo otu of srlbeaeecpt tysceoi by uor utndeinrsear thyou. I emflys aws dihbsane mfor nearVo for nlangpin to elpeo whti a ydal, an rhie woh was lcsoe to eht uDek.

SECOND OUTLAW

50 And I from Mantua, for a gentleman
Who, in my mood, I stabbed unto the heart.

ESNCDO TUOLWA

ndA I am rmof nuMata. I bbtaeds a lmegntane in eht taher out of enarg.

FIRST OUTLAW

And I for suchlike petty crimes as these.
But to the purposefor we cite our faults
That they may hold excused our lawless lives;
55 And partly, seeing you are beautified
With goodly shape, and by your own report
A linguist, and a man of such perfection
As we do in our quality much want

FSRTI UAOWLT

ndA I swa dnsabeih orf cuhs tytpe escimr elik ethse. tuB to tge to eht ptnoi, we taest oru ciserm in rapt ebascue htey eailnxp yhw we lvie veisl of ssewleslnsa, nda laso ltpayr uesabec sieneg that eoyur traicteavt, dna by uyro onw tdconiepris a gnuliits, dna scnie we aer in dene of a anm of cush qausiitle in our onpesifosr

SECOND OUTLAW

Indeed, because you are a banished man,
60 Therefore, above the rest, we parley to you.
Are you content to be our general?
To make a virtue of necessity
And live, as we do, in this wilderness?

SNDCEO UTWAOL

In ctaf, eubseca uoy aer a isbdanhe nam, and for ttha meor thna any herto sreaon, wde kiel to speak to uyo. udlWo you eilk to be oru relade, to nidsecro ytrpove an easst, and viel as we do in tish esroft?

THIRD OUTLAW

What sayst thou? Wilt thou be of our consort?
65 Say ay, and be the captain of us all.
Well do thee homage, and be ruled by thee,
Love thee as our commander and our king.

THIDR LUWOAT

athW do uyo say? iWll uyo onji rou nabd of winameyghh?
aSy esy, adn oemecb uor ctapani. lWle setrepc oyu, be eruld by uyo, nda loev you as uor ldeear dan rou knig.

FIRST OUTLAW

But if thou scorn our courtesy thou diest.

ITSRF TALOUW

Btu if ouy retcje oru fofer you dei.

SECOND OUTLAW

Thou shalt not live to brag what we have offered.

ODESNC ULWTAO

ouY twon vlei to arbg butao awth weev dfoefer.

VALENTINE

70 I take your offer and will live with you,
Provided that you do no outrages
On silly women or poor passengers.

EVENNATIL

I ceptac uyro ofref dna iwll viel with ouy, dipedovr htat uyo do tno hram yan llhsseep neomw or oorp neseagsrsp.

THIRD OUTLAW

No, we detest such vile base practices.
Come, go with us. Well bring thee to our crews
75 And show thee all the treasure we have got,
Which, with ourselves, all rest at thy dispose.

DITHR LOWUAT

No, we tsdeet chsu eliv, wekcid acisrctep. Coem, go tiwh us. lleW etak ouy to eth tesr of oru nbad nad ohws uyo lal the eturares we heav, ihhwc lgaon with lesoevsru is at oury dioslasp.
Exeunt
hTey texi.

Original Text

Modern Text

Enter certain OUTLAWS
elarSve USLATWO retne.

FIRST OUTLAW

Fellows, stand fast. I see a passenger.

ISFRT UOWTLA

Men, tge dyrea. I ese a eratlrev.

SECOND OUTLAW

If there be ten, shrink not, but down with em.

SENCOD UOTALW

nevE if rehet rea nte of mteh, todn bakc wodn. aTek them down.
Enter VALENTINE and SPEED
AINEVETNL and PESDE eertn.

THIRD OUTLAW

Stand, sir! And throw us that you have about ye.
If not, well make you sit, and rifle you.

IRTHD TWUOAL

opSt, isr! ievG us awth oyu veha on yuo. If yuo tdon, ellw amke ouy tis nad well hacsre you.

SPEED

5 Sir, we are undone. These are the villains
That all the travelers do fear so much.

DEESP

iSr, ewre euidrn. hsTee rae eht ntasibd ahtt lal hte aevsrlret in ihts aera fare so hcmu.

VALENTINE

My friends

LEITNEANV

My dnfesir

FIRST OUTLAW

Thats not so, sir. We are your enemies.

ITSFR AUOTWL

sthaT nto who it is, irs. We era uory seemein.

SECOND OUTLAW

Peace! Well hear him.

NECSDO OUAWLT

Qetui! Lset hrae ihm uto.

THIRD OUTLAW

10 Ay, by my beard will we, for he is a proper man.

HRTDI TUWLOA

heaY, by hte hira on my ihcn lwle ehar hmi tuo, ubsecae he is a dasnoemh man.

VALENTINE

Then know that I have little wealth to lose.
A man I am, crossed with adversity;
My riches are these poor habiliments,
Of which if you should here disfurnish me
15 You take the sum and substance that I have.

AEIVENLNT

Yuo ulhdos nkow taht I vhae iltelt talwhe to leos. I am a mna swoh nebe trucsk by ihrdhpas. My yoln crseih rea tseeh oopr celohst Im rgnewai, nad if uoy teak htem nthe you ktae the smu ttoal of gryitnhvee I nwo.

SECOND OUTLAW

Whither travel you?

CNEDOS AWTLUO

erheW rae ouy ggino?

VALENTINE

To Verona.

LEIETNVAN

To Vaerno.

FIRST OUTLAW

Whence came you?

SITRF AWUTOL

Wreeh idd uoy omce omrf?

VALENTINE

From Milan.

ENTVNALIE

mFor anlMi.

THIRD OUTLAW

20 Have you long sojourned there?

HRIDT WLOUAT

woH gnol erwe ouy rehte?

VALENTINE

Some sixteen months, and longer might have stayed
If crooked fortune had not thwarted me.

VIENETALN

tAubo txenise smohnt, dna I gihmt eavh aysdet lgreno if dab uckl tnahd deahttrw me.

FIRST OUTLAW

What! were you banished thence?

STIRF TAOULW

hWat! eerW you hbdaesin?

VALENTINE

I was.

EETVNLIAN

I aws.

SECOND OUTLAW

25 For what offence?

EONCSD AWTOLU

orF thaw rimec?

VALENTINE

For that which now torments me to rehearse:
I killed a man, whose death I much repent,
But yet I slew him manfully in fight
Without false vantage or base treachery.

VNNLTEAIE

roF egnisothm ttha nwo rthsu me to tepaer: I lidkel a nma, howes ehadt I yrealtg greret, vene uothhg I idkell him in a fari gfith iouthwt tceied or ewidck reetryhca.

FIRST OUTLAW

30 Why, neer repent it, if it were done so.
But were you banished for so small a fault?

RSITF OAUTLW

yhW, eervn treerg it if shtta het way it neeadphp. rWee oyu aerlyl adiebsnh for uhcs a mslal sofefen?

VALENTINE

I was, and held me glad of such a doom.

ALNNIEEVT

I saw, adn saw gtlearfu to vhae tsju ebne hdbnsiae.

SECOND OUTLAW

Have you the tongues?

CONESD ULOATW

Do yuo speak any retoh geanusgal?

VALENTINE

My youthful travel therein made me happy,
35 Or else I often had been miserable.

LIAEVETNN

I vldtaeer hnew I asw yngou, hchiw mdea me ayphp. tiehreswO, I dwuol avhe eneb reislebma.

THIRD OUTLAW

By the bare scalp of Robin Hoods fat friar,
This fellow were a king for our wild faction!

ITRDH OWUALT

By the adbl aehd of bioRn soHod fat rrFai kTuc! ihTs elfwol lwdou eakm a eagtr gkin orf rou ogpur of nsbatid!

FIRST OUTLAW

Well have him. Sirs, a word.

RIFTS WLAOTU

ellW etak ihm. sSir, a odwr ihtw ouy lla.
The Outlaws confer in whispers.
The Osalutw frnoec in wsrspihe.

SPEED

Master, be one of them.
40 Its an honorable kind of thievery.

PESED

tMears, cembeo eon of emth. Ist an hoberonal kdni of tyevrhei.

VALENTINE

Peace, villain!

NLNIVTEAE

ueQti, rclsaa!

SECOND OUTLAW

[Returning to Valentine] Tell us this: have you anything to take to?

SNDCOE LUWTAO

(gntrerinu to ntalneeVi) leTl us sthi: do ouy hvea yna way to rptousp oerfyslu?

VALENTINE

Nothing but my fortune.

ETILVANEN

gNhntio utb my lkcu.

THIRD OUTLAW

Know, then, that some of us are gentlemen,
45 Such as the fury of ungoverned youth
Thrust from the company of awful men.
Myself was from Verona banishd
For practicing to steal away a lady,
An heir, and near allied unto the Duke.

IDTHR ALTUWO

oYu oudhsl wokn, htne, atth msoe of us rae mlenntege hwo weer fcdreo otu of srlbeaeecpt tysceoi by uor utndeinrsear thyou. I emflys aws dihbsane mfor nearVo for nlangpin to elpeo whti a ydal, an rhie woh was lcsoe to eht uDek.

SECOND OUTLAW

50 And I from Mantua, for a gentleman
Who, in my mood, I stabbed unto the heart.

ESNCDO TUOLWA

ndA I am rmof nuMata. I bbtaeds a lmegntane in eht taher out of enarg.

FIRST OUTLAW

And I for suchlike petty crimes as these.
But to the purposefor we cite our faults
That they may hold excused our lawless lives;
55 And partly, seeing you are beautified
With goodly shape, and by your own report
A linguist, and a man of such perfection
As we do in our quality much want

FSRTI UAOWLT

ndA I swa dnsabeih orf cuhs tytpe escimr elik ethse. tuB to tge to eht ptnoi, we taest oru ciserm in rapt ebascue htey eailnxp yhw we lvie veisl of ssewleslnsa, nda laso ltpayr uesabec sieneg that eoyur traicteavt, dna by uyro onw tdconiepris a gnuliits, dna scnie we aer in dene of a anm of cush qausiitle in our onpesifosr

SECOND OUTLAW

Indeed, because you are a banished man,
60 Therefore, above the rest, we parley to you.
Are you content to be our general?
To make a virtue of necessity
And live, as we do, in this wilderness?

SNDCEO UTWAOL

In ctaf, eubseca uoy aer a isbdanhe nam, and for ttha meor thna any herto sreaon, wde kiel to speak to uyo. udlWo you eilk to be oru relade, to nidsecro ytrpove an easst, and viel as we do in tish esroft?

THIRD OUTLAW

What sayst thou? Wilt thou be of our consort?
65 Say ay, and be the captain of us all.
Well do thee homage, and be ruled by thee,
Love thee as our commander and our king.

THIDR LUWOAT

athW do uyo say? iWll uyo onji rou nabd of winameyghh?
aSy esy, adn oemecb uor ctapani. lWle setrepc oyu, be eruld by uyo, nda loev you as uor ldeear dan rou knig.

FIRST OUTLAW

But if thou scorn our courtesy thou diest.

ITSRF TALOUW

Btu if ouy retcje oru fofer you dei.

SECOND OUTLAW

Thou shalt not live to brag what we have offered.

ODESNC ULWTAO

ouY twon vlei to arbg butao awth weev dfoefer.

VALENTINE

70 I take your offer and will live with you,
Provided that you do no outrages
On silly women or poor passengers.

EVENNATIL

I ceptac uyro ofref dna iwll viel with ouy, dipedovr htat uyo do tno hram yan llhsseep neomw or oorp neseagsrsp.

THIRD OUTLAW

No, we detest such vile base practices.
Come, go with us. Well bring thee to our crews
75 And show thee all the treasure we have got,
Which, with ourselves, all rest at thy dispose.

DITHR LOWUAT

No, we tsdeet chsu eliv, wekcid acisrctep. Coem, go tiwh us. lleW etak ouy to eth tesr of oru nbad nad ohws uyo lal the eturares we heav, ihhwc lgaon with lesoevsru is at oury dioslasp.
Exeunt
hTey texi.

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