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<H3>SCENE I. Rochester. An inn yard.</h3>

<p><blockquote>
<i>Enter a Carrier with a lantern in his hand</i>
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<A NAME=speech1><b>First Carrier</b></a>
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<A NAME=1>Heigh-ho! an it be not four by the day, I'll be</A><br>
<A NAME=2>hanged: Charles' wain is over the new chimney, and</A><br>
<A NAME=3>yet our horse not packed. What, ostler!</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech2><b>Ostler</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=4>[Within]   Anon, anon.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech3><b>First Carrier</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=5>I prithee, Tom, beat Cut's saddle, put a few flocks</A><br>
<A NAME=6>in the point; poor jade, is wrung in the withers out</A><br>
<A NAME=7>of all cess.</A><br>
<p><i>Enter another Carrier</i></p>
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<A NAME=speech4><b>Second Carrier</b></a>
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<A NAME=8>Peas and beans are as dank here as a dog, and that</A><br>
<A NAME=9>is the next way to give poor jades the bots: this</A><br>
<A NAME=10>house is turned upside down since Robin Ostler died.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech5><b>First Carrier</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=11>Poor fellow, never joyed since the price of oats</A><br>
<A NAME=12>rose; it was the death of him.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech6><b>Second Carrier</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=13>I think this be the most villanous house in all</A><br>
<A NAME=14>London road for fleas: I am stung like a tench.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech7><b>First Carrier</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=15>Like a tench! by the mass, there is ne'er a king</A><br>
<A NAME=16>christen could be better bit than I have been since</A><br>
<A NAME=17>the first cock.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech8><b>Second Carrier</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=18>Why, they will allow us ne'er a jordan, and then we</A><br>
<A NAME=19>leak in your chimney; and your chamber-lie breeds</A><br>
<A NAME=20>fleas like a loach.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech9><b>First Carrier</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=21>What, ostler! come away and be hanged!</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech10><b>Second Carrier</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=22>I have a gammon of bacon and two razors of ginger,</A><br>
<A NAME=23>to be delivered as far as Charing-cross.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech11><b>First Carrier</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=24>God's body! the turkeys in my pannier are quite</A><br>
<A NAME=25>starved. What, ostler! A plague on thee! hast thou</A><br>
<A NAME=26>never an eye in thy head? canst not hear? An</A><br>
<A NAME=27>'twere not as good deed as drink, to break the pate</A><br>
<A NAME=28>on thee, I am a very villain. Come, and be hanged!</A><br>
<A NAME=29>hast thou no faith in thee?</A><br>
<p><i>Enter GADSHILL</i></p>
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<A NAME=speech12><b>GADSHILL</b></a>
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<A NAME=30>Good morrow, carriers. What's o'clock?</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech13><b>First Carrier</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=31>I think it be two o'clock.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech14><b>GADSHILL</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=32>I pray thee lend me thy lantern, to see my gelding</A><br>
<A NAME=33>in the stable.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech15><b>First Carrier</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=34>Nay, by God, soft; I know a trick worth two of that, i' faith.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech16><b>GADSHILL</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=35>I pray thee, lend me thine.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech17><b>Second Carrier</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=36>Ay, when? can'st tell? Lend me thy lantern, quoth</A><br>
<A NAME=37>he? marry, I'll see thee hanged first.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech18><b>GADSHILL</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=38>Sirrah carrier, what time do you mean to come to London?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech19><b>Second Carrier</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=39>Time enough to go to bed with a candle, I warrant</A><br>
<A NAME=40>thee. Come, neighbour Mugs, we'll call up the</A><br>
<A NAME=41>gentleman: they will along with company, for they</A><br>
<A NAME=42>have great charge.</A><br>
<p><i>Exeunt carriers</i></p>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech20><b>GADSHILL</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=43>What, ho! chamberlain!</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech21><b>Chamberlain</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=44>[Within]  At hand, quoth pick-purse.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech22><b>GADSHILL</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=45>That's even as fair as--at hand, quoth the</A><br>
<A NAME=46>chamberlain; for thou variest no more from picking</A><br>
<A NAME=47>of purses than giving direction doth from labouring;</A><br>
<A NAME=48>thou layest the plot how.</A><br>
<p><i>Enter Chamberlain</i></p>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech23><b>Chamberlain</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=49>Good morrow, Master Gadshill. It holds current that</A><br>
<A NAME=50>I told you yesternight: there's a franklin in the</A><br>
<A NAME=51>wild of Kent hath brought three hundred marks with</A><br>
<A NAME=52>him in gold: I heard him tell it to one of his</A><br>
<A NAME=53>company last night at supper; a kind of auditor; one</A><br>
<A NAME=54>that hath abundance of charge too, God knows what.</A><br>
<A NAME=55>They are up already, and call for eggs and butter;</A><br>
<A NAME=56>they will away presently.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech24><b>GADSHILL</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=57>Sirrah, if they meet not with Saint Nicholas'</A><br>
<A NAME=58>clerks, I'll give thee this neck.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech25><b>Chamberlain</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=59>No, I'll none of it: I pray thee keep that for the</A><br>
<A NAME=60>hangman; for I know thou worshippest St. Nicholas</A><br>
<A NAME=61>as truly as a man of falsehood may.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech26><b>GADSHILL</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=62>What talkest thou to me of the hangman? if I hang,</A><br>
<A NAME=63>I'll make a fat pair of gallows; for if I hang, old</A><br>
<A NAME=64>Sir John hangs with me, and thou knowest he is no</A><br>
<A NAME=65>starveling. Tut! there are other Trojans that thou</A><br>
<A NAME=66>dreamest not of, the which for sport sake are</A><br>
<A NAME=67>content to do the profession some grace; that would,</A><br>
<A NAME=68>if matters should be looked into, for their own</A><br>
<A NAME=69>credit sake, make all whole. I am joined with no</A><br>
<A NAME=70>foot-land rakers, no long-staff sixpenny strikers,</A><br>
<A NAME=71>none of these mad mustachio purple-hued malt-worms;</A><br>
<A NAME=72>but with nobility and tranquillity, burgomasters and</A><br>
<A NAME=73>great oneyers, such as can hold in, such as will</A><br>
<A NAME=74>strike sooner than speak, and speak sooner than</A><br>
<A NAME=75>drink, and drink sooner than pray: and yet, zounds,</A><br>
<A NAME=76>I lie; for they pray continually to their saint, the</A><br>
<A NAME=77>commonwealth; or rather, not pray to her, but prey</A><br>
<A NAME=78>on her, for they ride up and down on her and make</A><br>
<A NAME=79>her their boots.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech27><b>Chamberlain</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=80>What, the commonwealth their boots? will she hold</A><br>
<A NAME=81>out water in foul way?</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech28><b>GADSHILL</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=82>She will, she will; justice hath liquored her. We</A><br>
<A NAME=83>steal as in a castle, cocksure; we have the receipt</A><br>
<A NAME=84>of fern-seed, we walk invisible.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech29><b>Chamberlain</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=85>Nay, by my faith, I think you are more beholding to</A><br>
<A NAME=86>the night than to fern-seed for your walking invisible.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech30><b>GADSHILL</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=87>Give me thy hand: thou shalt have a share in our</A><br>
<A NAME=88>purchase, as I am a true man.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech31><b>Chamberlain</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=89>Nay, rather let me have it, as you are a false thief.</A><br>
</blockquote>

<A NAME=speech32><b>GADSHILL</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=90>Go to; 'homo' is a common name to all men. Bid the</A><br>
<A NAME=91>ostler bring my gelding out of the stable. Farewell,</A><br>
<A NAME=92>you muddy knave.</A><br>
<p><i>Exeunt</i></p>
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