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DROMIO E.
Within this hour I was his bondman, sir,
But he, I thank him, gnawed in two my cords. [290]
Now am I Dromio, and his man, unbound.
EGEON
I am sure you both of you remember me.
DROMIO E.
Ourselves we do remember, sir, by you,
For lately we were bound as you are now.
You are not Pinch’s patient, are you, sir? [295]
EGEON
Why look you strange on me? You know me well.
ANTIPHOLUS E.
I never saw you in my life till now.
EGEON
O, grief hath changed me since you saw me last,
And careful hours with time’s deformèd hand
Have written strange defeatures in my face. [300]
But tell me yet, dost thou not know my voice?
ANTIPHOLUS E.
Neither.
EGEON
Dromio, nor thou?
DROMIO E.
No, trust me, sir, nor I.
EGEON
I am sure thou dost.
DROMIO E.
Ay, sir, but I am sure I do not, and whatsoever a man denies, you are now
