Something that's brief, and bid “Good
morrow, general.”
CASSIO
Musicians, start playing here. I'll pay you for your
trouble. Play something short that will put the general in a good
mood.
They play. Enter CLOWN
The MUSICIANS play. The
CLOWN enters.
CLOWN
Why masters, have your instruments been in Naples, that they speak
i' th' nose thus?
CLOWN
Your instruments all have a nasal twang. Have they been to Naples
?
MUSICIAN
How, sir? How?
MUSICIAN
Excuse me?
CLOWN
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Are these, I pray you, wind instruments?
CLOWN
Are these wind instruments?
MUSICIAN
Ay, marry, are they, sir.
MUSICIAN
Yes, they are.
CLOWN
Oh, thereby hangs a tail.
CLOWN
Oh, there's the problem.
MUSICIAN
Whereby hangs a tale, sir?
MUSICIAN
What's the problem?
CLOWN
Marry sir, by many a wind instrument that I know. But, masters,
here's money for you, and the general so likes your music
that he desires you, for love's sake, to make no more
noise with it.
CLOWN
Anyone full of hot air is a problem. But here's some
money. The general likes your music a lot, but he asks you to stop
playing now.
