No Fear Shakespeare: The Two Gentlemen of Verona: Act 4 Scene 1

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Enter certain OUTLAWS	Several OUTLAWS enter.
FIRST OUTLAW Fellows, stand fast. I see a passenger.	FIRST OUTLAW Men, get ready. I see a traveler.
SECOND OUTLAW If there be ten, shrink not, but down with ’em.	SECOND OUTLAW Even if there are ten of them, don’t back down. Take them down.
Enter VALENTINE and SPEED	VALENTINE and SPEED enter.
THIRD OUTLAW Stand, sir! And throw us that you have about ye. If not, we’ll make you sit, and rifle you.	THIRD OUTLAW Stop, sir! Give us what you have on you. If you don’t, we’ll make you sit and we’ll search you.
SPEED 5Sir, we are undone. These are the villains That all the travelers do fear so much.	SPEED Sir, we’re ruined. These are the bandits that all the travelers in this area fear so much.
VALENTINE My friends—	VALENTINE My friends—
FIRST OUTLAW That’s not so, sir. We are your enemies.	FIRST OUTLAW That’s not how it is, sir. We are your enemies.
SECOND OUTLAW Peace! We’ll hear him.	SECOND OUTLAW Quiet! Let’s hear him out.
THIRD OUTLAW 10Ay, by my beard will we, for he is a proper man.	THIRD OUTLAW Yeah, by the hair on my chin we’ll hear him out, because he is a handsome 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 15You take the sum and substance that I have.	VALENTINE You should know that I have little wealth to lose. I am a man who’s been struck by hardship. My only riches are these poor clothes I’m wearing, and if you take them then you take the sum total of everything I own.
SECOND OUTLAW Whither travel you?	SECOND OUTLAW Where are you going?
VALENTINE To Verona.	VALENTINE To Verona.
FIRST OUTLAW Whence came you?	FIRST OUTLAW Where did you come from?
VALENTINE From Milan.	VALENTINE From Milan.
THIRD OUTLAW 20Have you long sojourned there?	THIRD OUTLAW How long were you there?
VALENTINE Some sixteen months, and longer might have stayed If crooked fortune had not thwarted me.	VALENTINE About sixteen months, and I might have stayed longer if bad luck hadn’t thwarted me.