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| Enter ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS, DROMIO OF EPHESUS, ANGELO, and BALTHASAR
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ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS, DROMIO OF EPHESUS,ANGELO, and BALTHASAR enter. |
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| | ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS |
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Good Signior Angelo, you must excuse us all; |
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My wife is shrewish when I keep not hours. |
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Say that I lingered with you at your shop |
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To see the making of her carcanet, |
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And that tomorrow you will bring it home. |
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But here's a villain 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 thousand marks in gold, |
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And that I did deny my wife and house.— |
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Thou drunkard, thou, what didst thou mean by this? |
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| ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS |
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Signior Angelo, please excuse us. My wife gets angry when I'm late. Here's the story we'll tell her: that I was with you at your shop, watching you make her necklace, and that you're going to deliver it tomorrow. But here comes a scoundrel who says he saw me at the marketplace and that I beat on him, told him I'd given him a thousand marks in gold, and then lied about my wife and my house. You drunkard, what was that all about? |
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| | DROMIO OF EPHESUS |
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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 handwriting would tell you what I think. |
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| DROMIO OF EPHESUS |
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Say what you want, but I know what I know. You beat me at the marketplace, and I have the bruises to prove it. If my skin were paper and your punches were ink, you could read the beating on my body. |
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| | ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS |
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I think thou art an ass. |
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| ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS |
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I think you're an ass. |
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| | DROMIO OF EPHESUS |
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Marry, so it doth appear |
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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 beware of an ass. |
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| DROMIO OF EPHESUS |
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Honestly, it sure looks that way, judging by all the beatings and the bad treatment I'm getting. Since I'm an ass, I ought to kick like one. Then you'd be scared of me and keep away. |
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| | ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS |
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You're sad, Signior Balthasar. Pray God our cheer |
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May answer my good will and your good welcome here. |
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| ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS |
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Signior Balthasar, you look upset. I hope the good meal I'm going to give you will show the goodwill I bear you and how welcome you are. |
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