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Enter PANDER, BAWD, and BOLT.
Enter PANDER, BAWD, and BOLT.
PANDER  
Bolt!
PANDER  
Bolt!
BOLT  
Sir?
BOLT  
Sir?
PANDER  
Search the market narrowly. Mytilene is full
of gallants. We lost too much money this mart by
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being too wenchless.
PANDER  
Search the market narrowly. Mytilene is full
of gallants. We lost too much money this mart by
being too wenchless.
BAWD  
We were never so much out of creatures. We
have but poor three, and they can do no more than
they can do; and they with continual action are
even as good as rotten.
BAWD  
We were never so much out of creatures. We
have but poor three, and they can do no more than
they can do; and they with continual action are
even as good as rotten.
PANDER  
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Therefore let’s have fresh ones, whate’er we                  
pay for them. If there be not a conscience to be
used in every trade, we shall never prosper.
PANDER  
Therefore let’s have fresh ones, whate’er we                  
pay for them. If there be not a conscience to be
used in every trade, we shall never prosper.
BAWD  
Thou sayst true. ’Tis not our bringing up of poor
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bastards—as I think I have brought up some  
eleven—                                                                            
BAWD  
Thou sayst true. ’Tis not our bringing up of poor
bastards—as I think I have brought up some  
eleven—                                                                            
BOLT  
Ay, to eleven, and brought them down again. But
shall I search the market?
BOLT  
Ay, to eleven, and brought them down again. But
shall I search the market?
BAWD  
What else, man? The stuff we have, a strong
wind will blow it to pieces, they are so pitifully
sodden.
BAWD  
What else, man? The stuff we have, a strong
wind will blow it to pieces, they are so pitifully
sodden.
PANDER
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Thou sayst true. There’s two unwholesome, a’  
conscience. The poor Transylvanian is dead that
lay with the little baggage.
PANDER
Thou sayst true. There’s two unwholesome, a’  
conscience. The poor Transylvanian is dead that
lay with the little baggage.
BOLT  
Ay, she quickly pooped him. She made him
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roast-meat for worms. But I’ll go search the
market. He exits.
BOLT  
Ay, she quickly pooped him. She made him
roast-meat for worms. But I’ll go search the
market. He exits.
PANDER  
Three or four thousand chequins were as
pretty a proportion to live quietly, and so give over.
PANDER  
Three or four thousand chequins were as
pretty a proportion to live quietly, and so give over.
BAWD  
Why to give over, I pray you? Is it a shame to get
30
when we are old?
BAWD  
Why to give over, I pray you? Is it a shame to get
when we are old?
PANDER  
O, our credit comes not in like the commodity,
nor the commodity wages not with the danger.
Therefore, if in our youths we could pick up some
pretty estate, ’twere not amiss to keep our door
35
hatched. Besides, the sore terms we stand upon
with the gods will be strong with us for giving o’er.
PANDER  
O, our credit comes not in like the commodity,
nor the commodity wages not with the danger.
Therefore, if in our youths we could pick up some
pretty estate, ’twere not amiss to keep our door
hatched. Besides, the sore terms we stand upon
with the gods will be strong with us for giving o’er.
BAWD  
Come, other sorts offend as well as we.
BAWD  
Come, other sorts offend as well as we.
PANDER  
As well as we? Ay, and better too; we offend
worse. Neither is our profession any trade; it’s no
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calling. But here comes Bolt.
PANDER  
As well as we? Ay, and better too; we offend
worse. Neither is our profession any trade; it’s no
calling. But here comes Bolt.
Enter BOLT with the PIRATES and MARINA.
Enter BOLT with the PIRATES and MARINA.
BOLT  
Come your ways, my masters. You say she’s a
virgin?
BOLT  
Come your ways, my masters. You say she’s a
virgin?
PIRATE  
O, sir, we doubt it not.
PIRATE  
O, sir, we doubt it not.
BOLT  
Master, I have gone through for this piece you
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see. If you like her, so; if not, I have lost my
earnest.
BOLT  
Master, I have gone through for this piece you
see. If you like her, so; if not, I have lost my
earnest.
BAWD  
Bolt, has she any qualities?
BAWD  
Bolt, has she any qualities?
BOLT  
She has a good face, speaks well, and has excellent
good clothes. There’s no farther necessity of
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qualities can make her be refused.
BOLT  
She has a good face, speaks well, and has excellent
good clothes. There’s no farther necessity of
qualities can make her be refused.
 BAWD 
What’s her price, Bolt?
 BAWD 
What’s her price, Bolt?
BOLT  
I cannot be bated one doit of a thousand pieces.
BOLT  
I cannot be bated one doit of a thousand pieces.
PANDER  
Well, follow me, my masters; you shall have
your money presently.—Wife, take her in. Instruct
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her what she has to do, that she may not be raw in
her entertainment. He exits with PIRATES.
PANDER  
Well, follow me, my masters; you shall have
your money presently.—Wife, take her in. Instruct
her what she has to do, that she may not be raw in
her entertainment. He exits with PIRATES.
BAWD
Bolt, take you the marks of her: the color of her
hair, complexion, height, her age, with warrant of
her virginity, and cry “He that will give most shall
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have her first.” Such a maidenhead were no cheap
thing, if men were as they have been. Get this done
as I command you.
BAWD
Bolt, take you the marks of her: the color of her
hair, complexion, height, her age, with warrant of
her virginity, and cry “He that will give most shall
have her first.” Such a maidenhead were no cheap
thing, if men were as they have been. Get this done
as I command you.
BOLT
Performance shall follow. He exits.
BOLT
Performance shall follow. He exits.
MARINA
Alack that Leonine was so slack, so slow!
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He should have struck, not spoke. Or that these
pirates,
Not enough barbarous, had but o’erboard thrown me
For to seek my mother.
MARINA
Alack that Leonine was so slack, so slow!
He should have struck, not spoke. Or that these
pirates,
Not enough barbarous, had but o’erboard thrown me
For to seek my mother.
BAWD  
Why lament you, pretty one?
BAWD  
Why lament you, pretty one?
MARINA  
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That I am pretty.
MARINA  
That I am pretty.
BAWD  
Come, the gods have done their part in you.
BAWD  
Come, the gods have done their part in you.
MARINA
I accuse them not.
MARINA
I accuse them not.
BAWD  
You are light into my hands, where you are like
to live.
BAWD  
You are light into my hands, where you are like
to live.
MARINA  
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The more my fault, to ’scape his hands where
I was to die.
MARINA  
The more my fault, to ’scape his hands where
I was to die.
BAWD  
Ay, and you shall live in pleasure.
BAWD  
Ay, and you shall live in pleasure.
MARINA  
No.
MARINA  
No.
BAWD  
Yes, indeed shall you, and taste gentlemen of all
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fashions. You shall fare well; you shall have the
difference of all complexions. What, do you stop
your ears?
BAWD  
Yes, indeed shall you, and taste gentlemen of all
fashions. You shall fare well; you shall have the
difference of all complexions. What, do you stop
your ears?
MARINA  
Are you a woman?
MARINA  
Are you a woman?
BAWD
What would you have me be, an I be not a
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woman?
BAWD
What would you have me be, an I be not a
woman?
MARINA  
An honest woman, or not a woman.
MARINA  
An honest woman, or not a woman.
BAWD  
Marry, whip the gosling! I think I shall have
something to do with you. Come, you’re a young
foolish sapling, and must be bowed as I would
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have you.
BAWD  
Marry, whip the gosling! I think I shall have
something to do with you. Come, you’re a young
foolish sapling, and must be bowed as I would
have you.
MARINA  
The gods defend me!
MARINA  
The gods defend me!
BAWD  
If it please the gods to defend you by men, then
men must comfort you, men must feed you, men
stir you up. Bolt’s returned. Enter BOLT.
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Now, sir, hast thou cried her through the market?
BAWD  
If it please the gods to defend you by men, then
men must comfort you, men must feed you, men
stir you up. Bolt’s returned. Enter BOLT.
Now, sir, hast thou cried her through the market?
BOLT
I have cried her almost to the number of her
hairs. I have drawn her picture with my voice.
BOLT
I have cried her almost to the number of her
hairs. I have drawn her picture with my voice.
BAWD  
And I prithee tell me, how dost thou find the inclination
of the people, especially of the younger
100
sort?
BAWD  
And I prithee tell me, how dost thou find the inclination
of the people, especially of the younger
sort?
BOLT  
Faith, they listened to me as they would have
hearkened to their father’s testament. There was a
Spaniard’s mouth watered an he went to bed to her
very description.
BOLT  
Faith, they listened to me as they would have
hearkened to their father’s testament. There was a
Spaniard’s mouth watered an he went to bed to her
very description.
BAWD  
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We shall have him here tomorrow with his best
ruff on.
BAWD  
We shall have him here tomorrow with his best
ruff on.
BOLT  
Tonight, tonight! But, mistress, do you know the
French knight that cowers i’ the hams?
BOLT  
Tonight, tonight! But, mistress, do you know the
French knight that cowers i’ the hams?
BAWD  
Who? Monsieur Verolles?
BAWD  
Who? Monsieur Verolles?
BOLT  
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Ay, he. He offered to cut a caper at the proclamation,
but he made a groan at it and swore he would
see her tomorrow.
BOLT  
Ay, he. He offered to cut a caper at the proclamation,
but he made a groan at it and swore he would
see her tomorrow.
BAWD  
Well, well, as for him, he brought his disease
hither; here he does but repair it. I know he will
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come in our shadow, to scatter his crowns in the
sun.
BAWD  
Well, well, as for him, he brought his disease
hither; here he does but repair it. I know he will
come in our shadow, to scatter his crowns in the
sun.
BOLT  
Well, if we had of every nation a traveler, we
should lodge them with this sign.
BOLT  
Well, if we had of every nation a traveler, we
should lodge them with this sign.
BAWD, to MARINA
Pray you, come hither awhile. You
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have fortunes coming upon you. Mark me: you
must seem to do that fearfully which you commit
willingly, despise profit where you have most gain.
To weep that you live as you do makes pity in your
lovers. Seldom but that pity begets you a good
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opinion, and that opinion a mere profit.
BAWD, to MARINA
Pray you, come hither awhile. You
have fortunes coming upon you. Mark me: you
must seem to do that fearfully which you commit
willingly, despise profit where you have most gain.
To weep that you live as you do makes pity in your
lovers. Seldom but that pity begets you a good
opinion, and that opinion a mere profit.
MARINA  
I understand you not.
MARINA  
I understand you not.
BOLT  
O, take her home, mistress, take her home!
These blushes of hers must be quenched with
some present practice.
BOLT  
O, take her home, mistress, take her home!
These blushes of hers must be quenched with
some present practice.
BAWD  
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Thou sayst true, i’ faith, so they must, for your
bride goes to that with shame which is her way to
go with warrant.
BAWD  
Thou sayst true, i’ faith, so they must, for your
bride goes to that with shame which is her way to
go with warrant.
BOLT  
Faith, some do and some do not. But, mistress,
if I have bargained for the joint—
BOLT  
Faith, some do and some do not. But, mistress,
if I have bargained for the joint—
BAWD  
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Thou mayst cut a morsel off the spit.
BAWD  
Thou mayst cut a morsel off the spit.
BOLT  
I may so.
BOLT  
I may so.
BAWD  
Who should deny it? Come, young one, I like
the manner of your garments well.
BAWD  
Who should deny it? Come, young one, I like
the manner of your garments well.
BOLT  
Ay, by my faith, they shall not be changed yet.
BOLT  
Ay, by my faith, they shall not be changed yet.
BAWD  
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Bolt, spend thou that in the town. She gives him money. Report what a sojourner we have. You’ll
lose nothing by custom. When Nature framed this
piece, she meant thee a good turn. Therefore say
what a paragon she is, and thou hast the harvest
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out of thine own report.
BAWD  
Bolt, spend thou that in the town. She gives him money. Report what a sojourner we have. You’ll
lose nothing by custom. When Nature framed this
piece, she meant thee a good turn. Therefore say
what a paragon she is, and thou hast the harvest
out of thine own report.
BOLT  
I warrant you, mistress, thunder shall not so
awake the beds of eels as my giving out her beauty
stirs up the lewdly inclined. I’ll bring home some
tonight.
BOLT  
I warrant you, mistress, thunder shall not so
awake the beds of eels as my giving out her beauty
stirs up the lewdly inclined. I’ll bring home some
tonight.
BAWD , to MARINA
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Come your ways. Follow me.
BAWD , to MARINA
Come your ways. Follow me.
MARINA
If fires be hot, knives sharp, or waters deep,
Untied I still my virgin knot will keep.
Diana aid my purpose!
MARINA
If fires be hot, knives sharp, or waters deep,
Untied I still my virgin knot will keep.
Diana aid my purpose!
BAWD  
What have we to do with Diana, pray you? Will
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you go with us?
BAWD  
What have we to do with Diana, pray you? Will
you go with us?
They exit.
They exit.

Original Text

Modern Text
Enter PANDER, BAWD, and BOLT.
Enter PANDER, BAWD, and BOLT.
PANDER  
Bolt!
PANDER  
Bolt!
BOLT  
Sir?
BOLT  
Sir?
PANDER  
Search the market narrowly. Mytilene is full
of gallants. We lost too much money this mart by
5
being too wenchless.
PANDER  
Search the market narrowly. Mytilene is full
of gallants. We lost too much money this mart by
being too wenchless.
BAWD  
We were never so much out of creatures. We
have but poor three, and they can do no more than
they can do; and they with continual action are
even as good as rotten.
BAWD  
We were never so much out of creatures. We
have but poor three, and they can do no more than
they can do; and they with continual action are
even as good as rotten.
PANDER  
10
Therefore let’s have fresh ones, whate’er we                  
pay for them. If there be not a conscience to be
used in every trade, we shall never prosper.
PANDER  
Therefore let’s have fresh ones, whate’er we                  
pay for them. If there be not a conscience to be
used in every trade, we shall never prosper.
BAWD  
Thou sayst true. ’Tis not our bringing up of poor
15
bastards—as I think I have brought up some  
eleven—                                                                            
BAWD  
Thou sayst true. ’Tis not our bringing up of poor
bastards—as I think I have brought up some  
eleven—                                                                            
BOLT  
Ay, to eleven, and brought them down again. But
shall I search the market?
BOLT  
Ay, to eleven, and brought them down again. But
shall I search the market?
BAWD  
What else, man? The stuff we have, a strong
wind will blow it to pieces, they are so pitifully
sodden.
BAWD  
What else, man? The stuff we have, a strong
wind will blow it to pieces, they are so pitifully
sodden.
PANDER
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Thou sayst true. There’s two unwholesome, a’  
conscience. The poor Transylvanian is dead that
lay with the little baggage.
PANDER
Thou sayst true. There’s two unwholesome, a’  
conscience. The poor Transylvanian is dead that
lay with the little baggage.
BOLT  
Ay, she quickly pooped him. She made him
25
roast-meat for worms. But I’ll go search the
market. He exits.
BOLT  
Ay, she quickly pooped him. She made him
roast-meat for worms. But I’ll go search the
market. He exits.
PANDER  
Three or four thousand chequins were as
pretty a proportion to live quietly, and so give over.
PANDER  
Three or four thousand chequins were as
pretty a proportion to live quietly, and so give over.
BAWD  
Why to give over, I pray you? Is it a shame to get
30
when we are old?
BAWD  
Why to give over, I pray you? Is it a shame to get
when we are old?
PANDER  
O, our credit comes not in like the commodity,
nor the commodity wages not with the danger.
Therefore, if in our youths we could pick up some
pretty estate, ’twere not amiss to keep our door
35
hatched. Besides, the sore terms we stand upon
with the gods will be strong with us for giving o’er.
PANDER  
O, our credit comes not in like the commodity,
nor the commodity wages not with the danger.
Therefore, if in our youths we could pick up some
pretty estate, ’twere not amiss to keep our door
hatched. Besides, the sore terms we stand upon
with the gods will be strong with us for giving o’er.
BAWD  
Come, other sorts offend as well as we.
BAWD  
Come, other sorts offend as well as we.
PANDER  
As well as we? Ay, and better too; we offend
worse. Neither is our profession any trade; it’s no
40
calling. But here comes Bolt.
PANDER  
As well as we? Ay, and better too; we offend
worse. Neither is our profession any trade; it’s no
calling. But here comes Bolt.
Enter BOLT with the PIRATES and MARINA.
Enter BOLT with the PIRATES and MARINA.
BOLT  
Come your ways, my masters. You say she’s a
virgin?
BOLT  
Come your ways, my masters. You say she’s a
virgin?
PIRATE  
O, sir, we doubt it not.
PIRATE  
O, sir, we doubt it not.
BOLT  
Master, I have gone through for this piece you
45
see. If you like her, so; if not, I have lost my
earnest.
BOLT  
Master, I have gone through for this piece you
see. If you like her, so; if not, I have lost my
earnest.
BAWD  
Bolt, has she any qualities?
BAWD  
Bolt, has she any qualities?
BOLT  
She has a good face, speaks well, and has excellent
good clothes. There’s no farther necessity of
50
qualities can make her be refused.
BOLT  
She has a good face, speaks well, and has excellent
good clothes. There’s no farther necessity of
qualities can make her be refused.
 BAWD 
What’s her price, Bolt?
 BAWD 
What’s her price, Bolt?
BOLT  
I cannot be bated one doit of a thousand pieces.
BOLT  
I cannot be bated one doit of a thousand pieces.
PANDER  
Well, follow me, my masters; you shall have
your money presently.—Wife, take her in. Instruct
55
her what she has to do, that she may not be raw in
her entertainment. He exits with PIRATES.
PANDER  
Well, follow me, my masters; you shall have
your money presently.—Wife, take her in. Instruct
her what she has to do, that she may not be raw in
her entertainment. He exits with PIRATES.
BAWD
Bolt, take you the marks of her: the color of her
hair, complexion, height, her age, with warrant of
her virginity, and cry “He that will give most shall
60
have her first.” Such a maidenhead were no cheap
thing, if men were as they have been. Get this done
as I command you.
BAWD
Bolt, take you the marks of her: the color of her
hair, complexion, height, her age, with warrant of
her virginity, and cry “He that will give most shall
have her first.” Such a maidenhead were no cheap
thing, if men were as they have been. Get this done
as I command you.
BOLT
Performance shall follow. He exits.
BOLT
Performance shall follow. He exits.
MARINA
Alack that Leonine was so slack, so slow!
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He should have struck, not spoke. Or that these
pirates,
Not enough barbarous, had but o’erboard thrown me
For to seek my mother.
MARINA
Alack that Leonine was so slack, so slow!
He should have struck, not spoke. Or that these
pirates,
Not enough barbarous, had but o’erboard thrown me
For to seek my mother.
BAWD  
Why lament you, pretty one?
BAWD  
Why lament you, pretty one?
MARINA  
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That I am pretty.
MARINA  
That I am pretty.
BAWD  
Come, the gods have done their part in you.
BAWD  
Come, the gods have done their part in you.
MARINA
I accuse them not.
MARINA
I accuse them not.
BAWD  
You are light into my hands, where you are like
to live.
BAWD  
You are light into my hands, where you are like
to live.
MARINA  
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The more my fault, to ’scape his hands where
I was to die.
MARINA  
The more my fault, to ’scape his hands where
I was to die.
BAWD  
Ay, and you shall live in pleasure.
BAWD  
Ay, and you shall live in pleasure.
MARINA  
No.
MARINA  
No.
BAWD  
Yes, indeed shall you, and taste gentlemen of all
80
fashions. You shall fare well; you shall have the
difference of all complexions. What, do you stop
your ears?
BAWD  
Yes, indeed shall you, and taste gentlemen of all
fashions. You shall fare well; you shall have the
difference of all complexions. What, do you stop
your ears?
MARINA  
Are you a woman?
MARINA  
Are you a woman?
BAWD
What would you have me be, an I be not a
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woman?
BAWD
What would you have me be, an I be not a
woman?
MARINA  
An honest woman, or not a woman.
MARINA  
An honest woman, or not a woman.
BAWD  
Marry, whip the gosling! I think I shall have
something to do with you. Come, you’re a young
foolish sapling, and must be bowed as I would
90
have you.
BAWD  
Marry, whip the gosling! I think I shall have
something to do with you. Come, you’re a young
foolish sapling, and must be bowed as I would
have you.
MARINA  
The gods defend me!
MARINA  
The gods defend me!
BAWD  
If it please the gods to defend you by men, then
men must comfort you, men must feed you, men
stir you up. Bolt’s returned. Enter BOLT.
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Now, sir, hast thou cried her through the market?
BAWD  
If it please the gods to defend you by men, then
men must comfort you, men must feed you, men
stir you up. Bolt’s returned. Enter BOLT.
Now, sir, hast thou cried her through the market?
BOLT
I have cried her almost to the number of her
hairs. I have drawn her picture with my voice.
BOLT
I have cried her almost to the number of her
hairs. I have drawn her picture with my voice.
BAWD  
And I prithee tell me, how dost thou find the inclination
of the people, especially of the younger
100
sort?
BAWD  
And I prithee tell me, how dost thou find the inclination
of the people, especially of the younger
sort?
BOLT  
Faith, they listened to me as they would have
hearkened to their father’s testament. There was a
Spaniard’s mouth watered an he went to bed to her
very description.
BOLT  
Faith, they listened to me as they would have
hearkened to their father’s testament. There was a
Spaniard’s mouth watered an he went to bed to her
very description.
BAWD  
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We shall have him here tomorrow with his best
ruff on.
BAWD  
We shall have him here tomorrow with his best
ruff on.
BOLT  
Tonight, tonight! But, mistress, do you know the
French knight that cowers i’ the hams?
BOLT  
Tonight, tonight! But, mistress, do you know the
French knight that cowers i’ the hams?
BAWD  
Who? Monsieur Verolles?
BAWD  
Who? Monsieur Verolles?
BOLT  
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Ay, he. He offered to cut a caper at the proclamation,
but he made a groan at it and swore he would
see her tomorrow.
BOLT  
Ay, he. He offered to cut a caper at the proclamation,
but he made a groan at it and swore he would
see her tomorrow.
BAWD  
Well, well, as for him, he brought his disease
hither; here he does but repair it. I know he will
115
come in our shadow, to scatter his crowns in the
sun.
BAWD  
Well, well, as for him, he brought his disease
hither; here he does but repair it. I know he will
come in our shadow, to scatter his crowns in the
sun.
BOLT  
Well, if we had of every nation a traveler, we
should lodge them with this sign.
BOLT  
Well, if we had of every nation a traveler, we
should lodge them with this sign.
BAWD, to MARINA
Pray you, come hither awhile. You
120
have fortunes coming upon you. Mark me: you
must seem to do that fearfully which you commit
willingly, despise profit where you have most gain.
To weep that you live as you do makes pity in your
lovers. Seldom but that pity begets you a good
125
opinion, and that opinion a mere profit.
BAWD, to MARINA
Pray you, come hither awhile. You
have fortunes coming upon you. Mark me: you
must seem to do that fearfully which you commit
willingly, despise profit where you have most gain.
To weep that you live as you do makes pity in your
lovers. Seldom but that pity begets you a good
opinion, and that opinion a mere profit.
MARINA  
I understand you not.
MARINA  
I understand you not.
BOLT  
O, take her home, mistress, take her home!
These blushes of hers must be quenched with
some present practice.
BOLT  
O, take her home, mistress, take her home!
These blushes of hers must be quenched with
some present practice.
BAWD  
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Thou sayst true, i’ faith, so they must, for your
bride goes to that with shame which is her way to
go with warrant.
BAWD  
Thou sayst true, i’ faith, so they must, for your
bride goes to that with shame which is her way to
go with warrant.
BOLT  
Faith, some do and some do not. But, mistress,
if I have bargained for the joint—
BOLT  
Faith, some do and some do not. But, mistress,
if I have bargained for the joint—
BAWD  
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Thou mayst cut a morsel off the spit.
BAWD  
Thou mayst cut a morsel off the spit.
BOLT  
I may so.
BOLT  
I may so.
BAWD  
Who should deny it? Come, young one, I like
the manner of your garments well.
BAWD  
Who should deny it? Come, young one, I like
the manner of your garments well.
BOLT  
Ay, by my faith, they shall not be changed yet.
BOLT  
Ay, by my faith, they shall not be changed yet.
BAWD  
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Bolt, spend thou that in the town. She gives him money. Report what a sojourner we have. You’ll
lose nothing by custom. When Nature framed this
piece, she meant thee a good turn. Therefore say
what a paragon she is, and thou hast the harvest
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out of thine own report.
BAWD  
Bolt, spend thou that in the town. She gives him money. Report what a sojourner we have. You’ll
lose nothing by custom. When Nature framed this
piece, she meant thee a good turn. Therefore say
what a paragon she is, and thou hast the harvest
out of thine own report.
BOLT  
I warrant you, mistress, thunder shall not so
awake the beds of eels as my giving out her beauty
stirs up the lewdly inclined. I’ll bring home some
tonight.
BOLT  
I warrant you, mistress, thunder shall not so
awake the beds of eels as my giving out her beauty
stirs up the lewdly inclined. I’ll bring home some
tonight.
BAWD , to MARINA
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Come your ways. Follow me.
BAWD , to MARINA
Come your ways. Follow me.
MARINA
If fires be hot, knives sharp, or waters deep,
Untied I still my virgin knot will keep.
Diana aid my purpose!
MARINA
If fires be hot, knives sharp, or waters deep,
Untied I still my virgin knot will keep.
Diana aid my purpose!
BAWD  
What have we to do with Diana, pray you? Will
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you go with us?
BAWD  
What have we to do with Diana, pray you? Will
you go with us?
They exit.
They exit.
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