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Sce. 3.
Enter Hog disguis'd, & Mr Shallow.Shall:
O Lord yes Sr, J lost a friend of that Hog; he was one
would haue run through dirt and mire for my sake, but a
whorson Cook for a small theft washt him clean away; O Hog
thy remembrance is choller to me, had Hog remained J had
bore away the Lady in spight of the gutts on 'um; he had a
sword he would have usd in my cause, and though J say it
there was not a rasher fellow in the town then Hog.
Hog:
The man was neer kin to me, and for his sake J shall
doe you no small courtesie.
Shall:
To haue done me good, J could haue commanded
Hogs blood, or Hogs cheek, ô you know not Hogs tie and mine.
Hog:
Will you repose some confidence in me; you yet shall
haue the Lady; what though Cœlia be dispos'd and her Sister
to, yet there is a third the Lady Delia, and she J'me sure
wishes you no harm.
Shall:
Nor J her. faith J was a man in her quarters once,
but now am out againe, J know not why but something is
come betwixt us J am not so intimate as J was.
Hog:
Take courage Sr, those faire days shall shine againe,
& shortly to.
Shall:
Don't mock me J am brought low enough already, J
am en'e starvd for want of flesh.
Hog:
My master now is absent, and will be for a time, you
shall make use of this his absence, and wear such habitts,
difference, be you but thus disguised, and i'le conveigh your
Mistress to you; no other house you need goe unto untill it
be performd, but lodg in my masters chamber.
Shall:
O Tom Shallow againe right dayes appear
Againe thou shalt be to the Ladies dear,
And after midnight with the lasses toss it,
Untill thou burst with caudle and sack-posset.
Exeunt.
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