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Before the house of ANTIPHOLUS of Ephesus.
[Enter ANTIPHOLUS of Ephesus, DROMIO of Ephesus, ANGELO, and BALTHAZAR]
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS
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Good Signior^|Angelo | you must | excuse | us all,
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My wife | is shrew|ish when | I keep | not^hours;
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Say that | I ling|ered with | you at | your shop
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To see | the mak|ing of | her car|canet,
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And that | tomor|row you | will bring | it home.
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But here's | a vil|lain that | would face | me
down
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He met | me on | the mart,| and that I | beat
him,
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And charged | him with | a thous|and marks | in
gold,
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And that | I did | deny | my wife | and house;
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Thou drunk|ard thou,| what didst | thou mean | by
this?
DROMIO OF EPHESUS (these next lines are oct for a while)
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Say | what you | will | sir,| but I | know what |
I know,|
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That you | beat me | at the | mart, I | have your
| hand to | show;|
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If the | skin were | parchment,| and the | blows
you | gave were | ink,|
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Your own | handwri/ting | | would tell | you
what | I think.|
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS
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I think | thou art | an ass.
DROMIO OF EPHESUS
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Marry | so it | doth ap|pear |
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By the | wrongs I | suffer,| |
and the | blows I | bear,|
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I should | kick | being | kicked, and | being |
at that | pass,|
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You would | keep | from my | heels,| and be|ware^of | an ass.|
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS
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You're sad | Signior | Baltha|zar,| pray | God
our | cheer |
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May ans|wer my | good will,| and your | good |
welcome | here.|
BALTHAZAR
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I hold | your dain|ties cheap | sir,| and your |
welcome | dear.|
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS
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Oh Sign|ior Balth|azar,| either | at | flesh or |
fish,|
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A tab|le full | of wel|come, make | scarce one
dain|ty dish.|
BALTHAZAR
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Good meat sir | is com|mon | that eve|ry churl
| affords.|
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS
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And wel|come more | common,| | for that's |
nothing | but words.|
BALTHAZAR
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Small | cheer | and great | welcome,| makes a |
merry | feast.|
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS
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Aye,| to a | niggard|ly host,| and more | sparing
| guest:|
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But | though my | cates be | mean,| take them |
in good part,|
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Better | cheer | may you | have, but | not with |
better | heart.|
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But | soft,| my door | is locked;| go bid | them
let | us in.|
DROMIO OF EPHESUS
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Maud,| Bridget,| Marian,| Cicel,| Gilli|an,|
Ginn.|
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
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Mome, malt-horse,| capon,| coxcomb, id|iot,|
patch,|
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Either | get thee | from the | door, or | sit
down^|at the | hatch:|
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Dost thou | conjure | for wench|es, that | thou
callst | for such | store,|
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When one | is one too man|y, go | get thee |
from the | door.|
DROMIO OF EPHESUS
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What patch | is made | our port|er? My | master |
stays in | the street.|
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
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Let him | walk from | whence he | came,| lest he
| catch cold / on his | feet.
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS
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Who | talks | within | there?| Ho,| open | the
door.|
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
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Right | sir,| I'll tell | you when,| and you |
tell me | wherefore.|
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS
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Wherefore?| For my | dinner:| | I have | not
dined | today.|
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
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Nor to|day here*| you must | not | come a|gain |
when you | may.
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS
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What art | thou that | keepst me | out | from the
| house I | owe?|
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
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The por|ter for | this time | sir, and | my name
| is Dro|mio.|
DROMIO OF EPHESUS
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O vil|lain, thou | hast sto|len both | mine
of|fice and | my name,|
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The one | nere got | me cred|it,| | the oth|er
mick|le blame:|
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If thou | hadst been | Dromi|o to|day | in my |
place,|
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Thou wouldst | have changed | thy face | for a
name,| or thy | name for | an ass.|
LUCE
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What a | coil is | there Dromio?| Who^are |
those^at | the gate?|
DROMIO OF EPHESUS
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Let my | master | in | Luce.
LUCE
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Faith no,| he comes | too* late,|
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and so | tell your | master.|
DROMIO OF EPHESUS
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O Lord^|I must^|laugh,|
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have^at | you^with | a prov|erb,
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Shall I | set in | my staff.|
LUCE
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Have at | you with | anoth|er, | that's when?|
Can you | tell?|
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
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If thy | name^be | called Luce, Luce | thou hast
| answered | him well.|
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS
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Do you | hear you | minion,| | you'll let | us
in,| I hope?
LUCE
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I thought^|to have | asked you.|
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
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And you | said | no.|
DROMIO OF EPHESUS
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So come | help,| well | struck,| there was | blow
for | blow.|
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS
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Thou bag|gage let | me in.|
LUCE
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Can you | tell* for | whose^sake?|
DROMIO OF EPHESUS
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Master,| knock the | door | hard.
LUCE
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Let^him | knock till it ache.|
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS
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You'll cry | for this | minion,| if I | beat the
| door | down.|
LUCE
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What^needs | all* that,| and a | pair of | stocks |
in the | town?|
ADRIANA
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Who is | that | at the | door | that keeps^|all
this | noise?|
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
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By my | troth your | town is | troubled | with
un|ruly | boys.|
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS
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Are you | there | wife?| | You
might | have come | before.|
ADRIANA
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Your | wife | sir | knave?| go* get | you from |
the door.|
DROMIO OF EPHESUS
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If you | went in | pain | master,| this
knave would | go* sore.|
ANGELO
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Here is neith|er cheer | sir, nor | welcome,| we
would | fain have | either.| ??
BALTHAZAR
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In de|bating | which was | best,| we shall | part
with | neither.|
DROMIO OF EPHESUS
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They stand^|at the | door,| master,| bid them |
welcome | hither.|
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS
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There is | something | in the | wind,| that | we
| cannot | get in.
DROMIO OF EPHESUS
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You would | say so | mast|er,| if your | garments
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Your cake there | is warm | within:| you stand
| here in | the cold.|
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It would make | a man | mad^as | a buck | to be |
so bought | and sold.
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS
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Go | fetch me | some|thing,| I'll break^|ope the
| gate.|
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
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Break^an|y break|ing here,| and I'll | break your
| knave's | pate.|
DROMIO OF EPHESUS
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A man | may break | a word | with you | sir, and
| words^are | but wind:|
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Aye and | break it | in your | face,| so he |
break it | not be|hind.
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
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It seems | thou wantst | breaking,| | out
u|pon thee | hind.|
DROMIO OF EPHESUS
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Here's^too | much^out | upon | thee, | I pray |
thee let | me in.|
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
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Aye*, when | fowls have no | feathers,| and
fish | have no fin.|
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS
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Well,| I'll | break | in:| go bor|row me | a
crow.|
DROMIO OF EPHESUS
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A crow | without | feather,| | Master | mean
you | so;|
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For a | fish with|out a | fin,| there's a | fowl
with|out a | feather,
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If a | crow help^|us in | sirrah,| we'll | pluck
a | crow to|gether. (we'll is two syllables)
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS
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Go,| get thee | gone,| | fetch^me | an ir|on
crow.|
BALTHAZAR
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Have | patience | sir,| | oh let | it not | be
so,|
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Herein | you war | against your | repu|tation,
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And draw | within | the comp|ass of | suspect
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The unvi|olat|ed hon|or of | your wife.
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Once this your | long ex|perience | of your |
wisdom, ??
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Her sob|er vir|tue, years,| and mod|esty,
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Plead on | her part | some* cause | to you |
unknown;
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And doubt | not sir,| but she | will well |
excuse
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Why^at | this time | the doors | are made |
against || you.
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Be | ruled by | me, de|part in | patience,
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And let | us to | the Ti|ger all | to dinner,
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And a/bout eve|ning come | yourself | alone,
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To know | the reas|on of | this strange |
restraint:
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If by strong hand | you of|fer to / break in
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Now in | the stir|ring pas|sage of | the day,
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A vul|gar com|ment will | be made | of it;
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And that | suppos|ed by | the com|mon rout
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Against | your yet | ungalled | esti|mation,
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That may | with foul | intru|sion ent|er in,
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And dwell | upon | your grave | when you | are
dead;
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For sland|er lives | upon | succes|sion,
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For ev|er housed | where it gets | posses|sion.
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS
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You have | prevailed,| I will | depart | in
quiet,
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And in | despite | of mirth | mean to be | merry:
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I know | a wench | of ex|cellent | discourse,
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Pretty | and wit|ty; wild,| and yet | too gentle;
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There will | we dine:| this wom|an that | I mean
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My wife |(but I | protest | without | desert)
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Hath of|tentimes | upbraid|ed me | withal:
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To her | will we | to din|ner, Get | you home
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And fetch | the chain,| by this | I know |'tis
made,
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Bring it | I pray | you to | the Por|pentine,
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For there's | the house:| that chain | will I |
bestow
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(Be it | for noth|ing but | to spite | my wife)
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Upon | mine host|ess there,| good* sir |
make^haste:
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Since^mine | own^doors | refuse | to ent|ertain |
me,
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I'll knock | elsewhere, to see | if they'll |
disdain | me. (hex with prev)
ANGELO
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I'll meet | you at | that place | some ho|ur
hence.
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS
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Do so,| This jest | shall cost | me some |
expense.
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