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| Enter VIOLA, and the FOOL playing with a tabor |
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VIOLA and the FOOL, playing a drum, enter. |
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| | VIOLA |
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Save thee, friend, and thy music. Dost thou live by thy |
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tabour? |
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| VIOLA |
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God bless you, my friend, and your music too. Do you make your living by playing that drum? |
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| | FOOL |
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No, sir, I live by the church. |
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| FOOL |
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No, sir, I live by the church. |
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| | VIOLA |
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Art thou a churchman? |
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| VIOLA |
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Oh, you're a clergyman? |
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| | FOOL |
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No such matter, sir. I do live by the church; for I do live at |
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my house, and my house doth stand by the church. |
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| FOOL |
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No, I live by the church because I live in a house, and my house is by the church. |
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| | VIOLA |
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So thou mayst say the king lies by a beggar if a beggar dwell |
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near him, or the church stands by thy tabor, if thy tabor |
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stand by the church. |
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| VIOLA |
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You could just as easily say that a king sleeps near a beggar if the beggar lives near him, or that the church is supported by your drum because it “stands by” your drum. |
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You have said, sir. To see this age! A sentence is but a |
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cheveril glove to a good wit. How quickly the wrong side |
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may be turned outward! |
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| FOOL |
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You're right, sir. What a wonderful time to be alive! Sentences can be turned inside out so easily nowadays! |
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| | VIOLA |
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Nay, that's certain. They that dally nicely with words may |
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quickly make them wanton. |
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| VIOLA |
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That's true. People who fool around with words too much can make words act like whores—changing all the time, and immoral too. |
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I would therefore my sister had no name, sir. |
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| FOOL |
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That's why I wish my sister didn't have a name, sir. |
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