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Enter SLY and HOSTESS
SLY and HOSTESS enter.
 SLY
  I'll pheeze you, in faith.
SLY
I'll fix you, I swear.
 HOSTESS
  A pair of stocks, you rogue!
HOSTESS
You thug! I'll call for a pair of stocks !
 SLY
  Y'are a baggage, the Slys are no rogues. Look in
  the chronicles—we came in with Richard Conqueror.
5 Therefore paucas pallabris: let the world slide. Sessa!
SLY
There are no thugs in my family, whore! Read your history! We Slys came over with Richard the Conqueror. Oh, the hell with it. I can't be bothered. Shut up!
 HOSTESS
  You will not pay for the glasses you have burst?
HOSTESS
You won't pay for the glasses you smashed?
 SLY
  No, not a denier. Go by, Saint Jeronimy. Go to thy cold bed and warm thee.
SLY
No, not a penny. Get out of my face. Go play with yourself.
 HOSTESS
  I know my remedy. I must go fetch the thirdborough.
HOSTESS
I know my rights. I'll call a policeman.
Exit
She exits.
 SLY
  Third, or fourth, or fifth borough, I'll answer him by law.
10 I'll not budge an inch, boy. Let him come, and kindly.
SLY
Call them all! I have a legal right to be here. I'm not moving an inch, pal. Let them come—I don't care.
Falls asleep
He falls asleep.
Wind horns Enter a LORD from hunting, with his train
A hunting horn is heard. A LORD who has been hunting enters with his hunstmen.

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