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For that fame fcrubbed boy, the Doctor's clerk,
In lieu of this, laft night did lye with me.

Gra. Why, this is like the mending of high-ways
In fummer, where the ways are fair enough:
What! are we cuckolds, ere we have deferv'd it?
Por. Speak not fo grofly; you are all amaz'd;
Here is a letter, read it at your leifure;

It comes from Padua, from Bellario:

There you fhall find, that Portia was the Doctor;
Neriffa there, her clerk. Lorenzo, here,
Shall witness I set forth as foon as you,
And even but now return'd: I have not yet
Enter'd my house. Anthonio, you are welcome;
And I have better news in ftore for you,
Than you expect; unfeal this letter foon,
There you fhall find, three of your Argofies
Are richly come to harbour fuddenly.

You fhall not know by what ftrange accident
I chanced on this letter.

Ant. I am dumb.

Baff. Were you the Doctor, and I knew you not? Gra. Were you the clerk, that is to make me cuckold? Ner. Ay, but the clerk, that never means to do it, Unless he live until he be a man.

Baff. Sweet Doctor, you shall be my bedfellow; When I am abfent, then lye with my wife.

Ant. Sweet Lady, you have giv'n me life and living; For here I read for certain, that my ships

Are fafely come to road.

Por. How now, Lorenzo ?

My clerk hath fome good comforts too for you.
Ner. Ay, and I'll give them him without a fee.
There do I give to you and Feica,

From the rich few, a fpecial Deed of Gift,
After his death, of all he dies poffefs'd of.

Lor. Fair Ladies, you drop Manna in the way

Of ftarved people.

Por. It is almoft morning,

And yet, I'm fure, you are not satisfy'd
Of thefe events at full. Let us go in,

VOL. II.

H

And

And charge us there upon interr'gatories,
And we will answer all things faithfully.

Gra. Let it be fo: the firft interr'gatory,
That my Neriffa shall be sworn on, is,
Whether 'till the next night she had rather stay,
Or go to bed now, being two hours to day.
But were the day come, I fhould wish it dark,
'Till I were couching with the Doctor's clerk.
Well, while I live, I'll fear no other thing
So fore, as keeping fafe Neria's ring.

[Exeunt omnes.

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Boyet, Lords, attending upon the Princess of France.
Macard,

Don Adriano de Armado, a fantastical Spaniard.
Nathaniel, a Curate.

Dull, a Conftable.

Holofernes, a Schoolmaster.

Coftard, a Clown.

Moth, Page to Don Adriano de Armado.

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Maria,

Catharine,

Ladies, attending on the Princess.

Jaquenetta, a Country Wench.

Officers, and others, Attendants upon the King and Princefs

SCENE, the King of Navarre's Palace, and the Country near it.

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