SCENE III.
Enter Clown and Audrey.
Clo.
To Morrow is the joyful Day, Audrey; to Morrow
will we be married.
Aud.
I do desire it with all my Heart; and I hope it is
no dishonest Desire, to desire to be a Woman of the World.
Here come two of the banish'd Duke's Pages.
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Enter two Pages.
1 Page.
Well met, honest Gentleman.
Clo.
By my troth well met: come, sit, sit, and a Song.
2 Page.
We are for you, sit i'th' middle.
1 Page.
Shall we clap into't roundly, without hauking, or
spitting, or saying we are hoarse, which are the only Prologues
to a bad Voice.
2 Page.
I'faith, i'faith, and both in a Tune, like two Gypsies
on a Horse.
SONG.
It was a Lover and his Lass,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,
That o'er the green Corn-field did pass
In the Spring time; the only pretty rang time,
When Birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding.
Sweet Lovers love the Spring.
And therefore take the present time,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino;
For Love is crowned with the prime,
In the Spring time, &c.
Between the Acres of the Rye,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino;
These pretty Country-folks would lye,
In the Spring time, &c.
The Carrol they began that hour,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino;
How that a Life was but a Flower,
In the Spring time, &c.
Clo.
Truly, young Gentlemen, though there was no great
matter in the ditty, yet the Note was very untunable.
1 Page.
You are deceiv'd, Sir, we kept time, we lost not
our time.
Clo.
By my troth, yes: I count it but time lost to hear
such a foolish Song. God b'w'y you, and God mend your
Voices. Come, Audrey.
[Exeunt.
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Charles Gildon [1709–1710], The works of Mr. William Shakespear; in six [seven] volumes. Adorn'd with Cuts. Revis'd and Corrected, with an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author. By N. Rowe ([Vol. 7] Printed for E. Curll... and E. Sanger [etc.], London) [word count] [S11401].
