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John Bell [1774], Bell's Edition of Shakespeare's Plays, As they are now performed at the Theatres Royal in London; Regulated from the Prompt Books of each House By Permission; with Notes Critical and Illustrative; By the Authors of the Dramatic Censor (Printed for John Bell... and C. Etherington [etc.], York) [word count] [S10401].
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SCENE II. Windsor Park. Enter Page, Shallow, and Slender.

Page.

Come, come, we'll couch i'th castle-ditch, 'till

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we see the light of our Fairies. Remember, Son Slender, my daughter.

Slen.

Ay, forsooth, I have spoke with her, and we have a nay-word how to know one another. I come to her in white, and cry mum, she cries budget, and by that we know one another.

Shal.

That's good too; but what needs either your mum, or her budget? The white will decypher her, well enough. It hath struck ten a clock.

Page.

The night is dark, light and spirits will become it well; heaven prosper our sport! No man means evil, but the devil, and we shall know him by his horns. Let's away; follow me.

[Exeunt.
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John Bell [1774], Bell's Edition of Shakespeare's Plays, As they are now performed at the Theatres Royal in London; Regulated from the Prompt Books of each House By Permission; with Notes Critical and Illustrative; By the Authors of the Dramatic Censor (Printed for John Bell... and C. Etherington [etc.], York) [word count] [S10401].
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