Page 1883 - Shakespeare - Vol. 1
P. 1883
SPEED
Nay, that I can deny by a circumstance.
PROT EUS
It shall go hard but I’ll prove it by another. [85]
SPEED
The shepherd seeks the sheep, and not the sheep the shepherd; but I seek
my master, and my master seeks not me. Therefore I am no sheep.
PROT EUS
The sheep for fodder follow the shepherd; the shepherd for food follows
not the sheep. Thou for [90] wages followest thy master, thy master for
wages follows not thee. Therefore thou art a sheep.
SPEED
Such another proof will make me cry, ‘baa’.
PROT EUS
But dost thou hear? Gavest thou my letter to Julia? [95]
SPEED
Ay, sir. I, a lost mutton, gave your letter to her, a laced mutton; and she, a
laced mutton, gave me, a lost mutton, nothing for my labour.
PROT EUS
Here’s too small a pasture for such store of muttons. [100]
SPEED
If the ground be overcharged, you were best stick her.
PROT EUS
Nay, in that you are astray; ’twere best pound you.
SPEED
Nay, sir, less than a pound shall serve me for carrying your letter. [105]
PROT EUS
You mistake; I mean the pound - a pinfold.
