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<H3>SCENE II. Mytilene. A room in a brothel.</h3>
<p><blockquote>
<i>Enter Pandar, Bawd, and BOULT</i>
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<A NAME=speech1><b>Pandar</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=1>Boult!</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech2><b>BOULT</b></a>
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<A NAME=2>Sir?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech3><b>Pandar</b></a>
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<A NAME=3>Search the market narrowly; Mytilene is full of</A><br>
<A NAME=4>gallants. We lost too much money this mart by being</A><br>
<A NAME=5>too wenchless.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech4><b>Bawd</b></a>
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<A NAME=6>We were never so much out of creatures. We have but</A><br>
<A NAME=7>poor three, and they can do no more than they can</A><br>
<A NAME=8>do; and they with continual action are even as good as rotten.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech5><b>Pandar</b></a>
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<A NAME=9>Therefore let's have fresh ones, whate'er we pay for</A><br>
<A NAME=10>them. If there be not a conscience to be used in</A><br>
<A NAME=11>every trade, we shall never prosper.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech6><b>Bawd</b></a>
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<A NAME=12>Thou sayest true: 'tis not our bringing up of poor</A><br>
<A NAME=13>bastards,--as, I think, I have brought up some eleven--</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech7><b>BOULT</b></a>
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<A NAME=14>Ay, to eleven; and brought them down again. But</A><br>
<A NAME=15>shall I search the market?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech8><b>Bawd</b></a>
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<A NAME=16>What else, man? The stuff we have, a strong wind</A><br>
<A NAME=17>will blow it to pieces, they are so pitifully sodden.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech9><b>Pandar</b></a>
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<A NAME=18>Thou sayest true; they're too unwholesome, o'</A><br>
<A NAME=19>conscience. The poor Transylvanian is dead, that</A><br>
<A NAME=20>lay with the little baggage.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech10><b>BOULT</b></a>
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<A NAME=21>Ay, she quickly pooped him; she made him roast-meat</A><br>
<A NAME=22>for worms. But I'll go search the market.</A><br>
<p><i>Exit</i></p>
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<A NAME=speech11><b>Pandar</b></a>
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<A NAME=23>Three or four thousand chequins were as pretty a</A><br>
<A NAME=24>proportion to live quietly, and so give over.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech12><b>Bawd</b></a>
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<A NAME=25>Why to give over, I pray you? is it a shame to get</A><br>
<A NAME=26>when we are old?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech13><b>Pandar</b></a>
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<A NAME=27>O, our credit comes not in like the commodity, nor</A><br>
<A NAME=28>the commodity wages not with the danger: therefore,</A><br>
<A NAME=29>if in our youths we could pick up some pretty</A><br>
<A NAME=30>estate, 'twere not amiss to keep our door hatched.</A><br>
<A NAME=31>Besides, the sore terms we stand upon with the gods</A><br>
<A NAME=32>will be strong with us for giving over.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech14><b>Bawd</b></a>
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<A NAME=33>Come, other sorts offend as well as we.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech15><b>Pandar</b></a>
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<A NAME=34>As well as we! ay, and better too; we offend worse.</A><br>
<A NAME=35>Neither is our profession any trade; it's no</A><br>
<A NAME=36>calling. But here comes Boult.</A><br>
<p><i>Re-enter BOULT, with the Pirates and MARINA</i></p>
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<A NAME=speech16><b>BOULT</b></a>
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<A NAME=37>[To MARINA] Come your ways. My masters, you say</A><br>
<A NAME=38>she's a virgin?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech17><b>First Pirate</b></a>
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<A NAME=39>O, sir, we doubt it not.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech18><b>BOULT</b></a>
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<A NAME=40>Master, I have gone through for this piece, you see:</A><br>
<A NAME=41>if you like her, so; if not, I have lost my earnest.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech19><b>Bawd</b></a>
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<A NAME=42>Boult, has she any qualities?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech20><b>BOULT</b></a>
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<A NAME=43>She has a good face, speaks well, and has excellent</A><br>
<A NAME=44>good clothes: there's no further necessity of</A><br>
<A NAME=45>qualities can make her be refused.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech21><b>Bawd</b></a>
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<A NAME=46>What's her price, Boult?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech22><b>BOULT</b></a>
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<A NAME=47>I cannot be bated one doit of a thousand pieces.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech23><b>Pandar</b></a>
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<A NAME=48>Well, follow me, my masters, you shall have your</A><br>
<A NAME=49>money presently. Wife, take her in; instruct her</A><br>
<A NAME=50>what she has to do, that she may not be raw in her</A><br>
<A NAME=51>entertainment.</A><br>
<p><i>Exeunt Pandar and Pirates</i></p>
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<A NAME=speech24><b>Bawd</b></a>
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<A NAME=52>Boult, take you the marks of her, the colour of her</A><br>
<A NAME=53>hair, complexion, height, age, with warrant of her</A><br>
<A NAME=54>virginity; and cry 'He that will give most shall</A><br>
<A NAME=55>have her first.' Such a maidenhead were no cheap</A><br>
<A NAME=56>thing, if men were as they have been. Get this done</A><br>
<A NAME=57>as I command you.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech25><b>BOULT</b></a>
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<A NAME=58>Performance shall follow.</A><br>
<p><i>Exit</i></p>
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<A NAME=speech26><b>MARINA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=59>Alack that Leonine was so slack, so slow!</A><br>
<A NAME=60>He should have struck, not spoke; or that these pirates,</A><br>
<A NAME=61>Not enough barbarous, had not o'erboard thrown me</A><br>
<A NAME=62>For to seek my mother!</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech27><b>Bawd</b></a>
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<A NAME=63>Why lament you, pretty one?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech28><b>MARINA</b></a>
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<A NAME=64>That I am pretty.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech29><b>Bawd</b></a>
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<A NAME=65>Come, the gods have done their part in you.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech30><b>MARINA</b></a>
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<A NAME=66>I accuse them not.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech31><b>Bawd</b></a>
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<A NAME=67>You are light into my hands, where you are like to live.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech32><b>MARINA</b></a>
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<A NAME=68>The more my fault</A><br>
<A NAME=69>To scape his hands where I was like to die.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech33><b>Bawd</b></a>
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<A NAME=70>Ay, and you shall live in pleasure.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech34><b>MARINA</b></a>
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<A NAME=71>No.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech35><b>Bawd</b></a>
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<A NAME=72>Yes, indeed shall you, and taste gentlemen of all</A><br>
<A NAME=73>fashions: you shall fare well; you shall have the</A><br>
<A NAME=74>difference of all complexions. What! do you stop your ears?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech36><b>MARINA</b></a>
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<A NAME=75>Are you a woman?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech37><b>Bawd</b></a>
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<A NAME=76>What would you have me be, an I be not a woman?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech38><b>MARINA</b></a>
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<A NAME=77>An honest woman, or not a woman.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech39><b>Bawd</b></a>
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<A NAME=78>Marry, whip thee, gosling: I think I shall have</A><br>
<A NAME=79>something to do with you. Come, you're a young</A><br>
<A NAME=80>foolish sapling, and must be bowed as I would have</A><br>
<A NAME=81>you.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech40><b>MARINA</b></a>
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<A NAME=82>The gods defend me!</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech41><b>Bawd</b></a>
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<A NAME=83>If it please the gods to defend you by men, then men</A><br>
<A NAME=84>must comfort you, men must feed you, men must stir</A><br>
<A NAME=85>you up. Boult's returned.</A><br>
<p><i>Re-enter BOULT</i></p>
<A NAME=86>Now, sir, hast thou cried her through the market?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech42><b>BOULT</b></a>
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<A NAME=87>I have cried her almost to the number of her hairs;</A><br>
<A NAME=88>I have drawn her picture with my voice.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech43><b>Bawd</b></a>
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<A NAME=89>And I prithee tell me, how dost thou find the</A><br>
<A NAME=90>inclination of the people, especially of the younger sort?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech44><b>BOULT</b></a>
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<A NAME=91>'Faith, they listened to me as they would have</A><br>
<A NAME=92>hearkened to their father's testament. There was a</A><br>
<A NAME=93>Spaniard's mouth so watered, that he went to bed to</A><br>
<A NAME=94>her very description.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech45><b>Bawd</b></a>
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<A NAME=95>We shall have him here to-morrow with his best ruff on.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech46><b>BOULT</b></a>
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<A NAME=96>To-night, to-night. But, mistress, do you know the</A><br>
<A NAME=97>French knight that cowers i' the hams?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech47><b>Bawd</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=98>Who, Monsieur Veroles?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech48><b>BOULT</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=99>Ay, he: he offered to cut a caper at the</A><br>
<A NAME=100>proclamation; but he made a groan at it, and swore</A><br>
<A NAME=101>he would see her to-morrow.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech49><b>Bawd</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=102>Well, well; as for him, he brought his disease</A><br>
<A NAME=103>hither: here he does but repair it. I know he will</A><br>
<A NAME=104>come in our shadow, to scatter his crowns in the</A><br>
<A NAME=105>sun.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech50><b>BOULT</b></a>
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<A NAME=106>Well, if we had of every nation a traveller, we</A><br>
<A NAME=107>should lodge them with this sign.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech51><b>Bawd</b></a>
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<A NAME=108>[To MARINA] Pray you, come hither awhile. You</A><br>
<A NAME=109>have fortunes coming upon you. Mark me: you must</A><br>
<A NAME=110>seem to do that fearfully which you commit</A><br>
<A NAME=111>willingly, despise profit where you have most gain.</A><br>
<A NAME=112>To weep that you live as ye do makes pity in your</A><br>
<A NAME=113>lovers: seldom but that pity begets you a good</A><br>
<A NAME=114>opinion, and that opinion a mere profit.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech52><b>MARINA</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=115>I understand you not.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech53><b>BOULT</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=116>O, take her home, mistress, take her home: these</A><br>
<A NAME=117>blushes of hers must be quenched with some present practise.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech54><b>Bawd</b></a>
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<A NAME=118>Thou sayest true, i' faith, so they must; for your</A><br>
<A NAME=119>bride goes to that with shame which is her way to go</A><br>
<A NAME=120>with warrant.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech55><b>BOULT</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=121>'Faith, some do, and some do not. But, mistress, if</A><br>
<A NAME=122>I have bargained for the joint,--</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech56><b>Bawd</b></a>
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<A NAME=123>Thou mayst cut a morsel off the spit.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech57><b>BOULT</b></a>
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<A NAME=124>I may so.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech58><b>Bawd</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=125>Who should deny it? Come, young one, I like the</A><br>
<A NAME=126>manner of your garments well.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech59><b>BOULT</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=127>Ay, by my faith, they shall not be changed yet.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech60><b>Bawd</b></a>
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<A NAME=128>Boult, spend thou that in the town: report what a</A><br>
<A NAME=129>sojourner we have; you'll lose nothing by custom.</A><br>
<A NAME=130>When nature flamed this piece, she meant thee a good</A><br>
<A NAME=131>turn; therefore say what a paragon she is, and thou</A><br>
<A NAME=132>hast the harvest out of thine own report.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech61><b>BOULT</b></a>
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<A NAME=133>I warrant you, mistress, thunder shall not so awake</A><br>
<A NAME=134>the beds of eels as my giving out her beauty stir up</A><br>
<A NAME=135>the lewdly-inclined. I'll bring home some to-night.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech62><b>Bawd</b></a>
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<A NAME=136>Come your ways; follow me.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech63><b>MARINA</b></a>
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<A NAME=137>If fires be hot, knives sharp, or waters deep,</A><br>
<A NAME=138>Untied I still my virgin knot will keep.</A><br>
<A NAME=139>Diana, aid my purpose!</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech64><b>Bawd</b></a>
<blockquote>
<A NAME=140>What have we to do with Diana? Pray you, will you go with us?</A><br>
<p><i>Exeunt</i></p>
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