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| Enter FLAVIUS,
MURELLUS, a CARPENTER, a
COBBLER, and certain other
COMMONERS over the stage |
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FLAVIUS and MURELLUS enter and speak
to a CARPENTER, a COBBLER, and some
other commoners. |
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| | FLAVIUS |
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Hence! Home, you idle creatures get you home! |
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Is this a holiday? What, know you not, |
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Being mechanical, you ought not walk |
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Upon a laboring day without the sign |
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Of your profession?—Speak, what trade art thou? |
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| FLAVIUS |
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Get out of here! Go home, you lazy men. What, is today a holiday?
Don't you know that working men aren't supposed to
walk around on a workday without wearing their work clothes? You
there, speak up. What's your occupation? |
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Why, sir, a carpenter. |
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| CARPENTER |
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I'm a carpenter, sir. |
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| | MURELLUS |
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Where is thy leather apron and thy rule? |
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What dost thou with thy best apparel on? |
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—You, sir, what trade are you? |
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| MURELLUS |
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Where are your leather apron and your ruler? What are you doing,
wearing your best clothes? And you, sir, what's
your trade? |
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| | COBBLER |
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Truly, sir, in respect of a fine workman, I am but, as you |
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would say, a cobbler. |
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| COBBLER |
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Well, compared to a fine workman, you might call me a mere
cobbler. |
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| | MURELLUS |
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But what trade art thou? Answer me directly. |
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| MURELLUS |
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But what's your trade? Answer me
straightforwardly. |
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| | COBBLER |
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A trade, sir, that I hope I may use with a safe conscience, |
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which is, indeed, sir, a mender of bad soles. |
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| COBBLER |
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It is a trade, sir, that I practice with a clear conscience. I am
a mender of worn soles. |
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| | MURELLUS |
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What trade, thou knave? Thou naughty knave, what trade? |
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| MURELLUS |
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What trade, boy? You insolent rascal, what trade? |
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| | COBBLER |
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Nay, I beseech you, sir, be not out with me. Yet, if you be |
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out, sir, I can mend you. |
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| COBBLER |
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Sir, please, don't be angry. But if your soles are worn
out, I can mend you. |
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| | MURELLUS |
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What mean'st thou by that? “Mend”
me, thou saucy |
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fellow? |
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| MURELLUS |
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What do you mean by that? “Mend” me, you
impertinent fellow?! |
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