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<H3>SCENE II. Athens. QUINCE'S house.</h3>

<p><blockquote>
<i>Enter QUINCE, FLUTE, SNOUT, and STARVELING</i>
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<A NAME=speech1><b>QUINCE</b></a>
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<A NAME=1>Have you sent to Bottom's house ? is he come home yet?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech2><b>STARVELING</b></a>
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<A NAME=2>He cannot be heard of. Out of doubt he is</A><br>
<A NAME=3>transported.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech3><b>FLUTE</b></a>
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<A NAME=4>If he come not, then the play is marred: it goes</A><br>
<A NAME=5>not forward, doth it?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech4><b>QUINCE</b></a>
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<A NAME=6>It is not possible: you have not a man in all</A><br>
<A NAME=7>Athens able to discharge Pyramus but he.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech5><b>FLUTE</b></a>
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<A NAME=8>No, he hath simply the best wit of any handicraft</A><br>
<A NAME=9>man in Athens.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech6><b>QUINCE</b></a>
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<A NAME=10>Yea and the best person too; and he is a very</A><br>
<A NAME=11>paramour for a sweet voice.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech7><b>FLUTE</b></a>
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<A NAME=12>You must say 'paragon:' a paramour is, God bless us,</A><br>
<A NAME=13>a thing of naught.</A><br>
<p><i>Enter SNUG</i></p>
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<A NAME=speech8><b>SNUG</b></a>
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<A NAME=14>Masters, the duke is coming from the temple, and</A><br>
<A NAME=15>there is two or three lords and ladies more married:</A><br>
<A NAME=16>if our sport had gone forward, we had all been made</A><br>
<A NAME=17>men.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech9><b>FLUTE</b></a>
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<A NAME=18>O sweet bully Bottom! Thus hath he lost sixpence a</A><br>
<A NAME=19>day during his life; he could not have 'scaped</A><br>
<A NAME=20>sixpence a day: an the duke had not given him</A><br>
<A NAME=21>sixpence a day for playing Pyramus, I'll be hanged;</A><br>
<A NAME=22>he would have deserved it: sixpence a day in</A><br>
<A NAME=23>Pyramus, or nothing.</A><br>
<p><i>Enter BOTTOM</i></p>
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<A NAME=speech10><b>BOTTOM</b></a>
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<A NAME=24>Where are these lads? where are these hearts?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech11><b>QUINCE</b></a>
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<A NAME=25>Bottom! O most courageous day! O most happy hour!</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech12><b>BOTTOM</b></a>
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<A NAME=26>Masters, I am to discourse wonders: but ask me not</A><br>
<A NAME=27>what; for if I tell you, I am no true Athenian. I</A><br>
<A NAME=28>will tell you every thing, right as it fell out.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech13><b>QUINCE</b></a>
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<A NAME=29>Let us hear, sweet Bottom.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech14><b>BOTTOM</b></a>
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<A NAME=30>Not a word of me. All that I will tell you is, that</A><br>
<A NAME=31>the duke hath dined. Get your apparel together,</A><br>
<A NAME=32>good strings to your beards, new ribbons to your</A><br>
<A NAME=33>pumps; meet presently at the palace; every man look</A><br>
<A NAME=34>o'er his part; for the short and the long is, our</A><br>
<A NAME=35>play is preferred. In any case, let Thisby have</A><br>
<A NAME=36>clean linen; and let not him that plays the lion</A><br>
<A NAME=37>pair his nails, for they shall hang out for the</A><br>
<A NAME=38>lion's claws. And, most dear actors, eat no onions</A><br>
<A NAME=39>nor garlic, for we are to utter sweet breath; and I</A><br>
<A NAME=40>do not doubt but to hear them say, it is a sweet</A><br>
<A NAME=41>comedy. No more words: away! go, away!</A><br>
<p><i>Exeunt</i></p>
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