Page 1681 - Shakespeare - Vol. 1
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May answer my good will, and your good welcome here. [20]
BALT HASAR
I hold your dainties cheap, sir, and your welcome dear.
ANTIPHOLUS E.
O, Signior Balthasar, either at flesh or fish
A table full of welcome makes scarce one dainty dish.
BALT HASAR
Good meat, sir, is common. That every churl affords.
ANTIPHOLUS E.
And welcome more common, for that’s nothing but words. [25]
BALT HASAR
Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast.
ANTIPHOLUS E.
Ay, to a niggardly host and more sparing guest.
But though my cates be mean, take them in good part.
Better cheer may you have, but not with better heart.
But soft, my door is locked. Go bid them let us in. [30]
DROMIO E.
Maud, Bridget, Marian, Cicely, Gillian, Ginn!
DROMIO S.
[within]
Mome, malthorse, capon, coxcomb, idiot, patch,
Either get thee from the door or sit down at the hatch.
Dost thou conjure for wenches, that thou callest for such store,
When one is one too many? Go, get thee from the door. [35]
DROMIO E.
What patch is made our porter? My master stays in the street.
DROMIO S.
[within]
