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ARMADO
I am all these three.
MOTE
And three times as much more, and yet nothing at [45] all.
ARMADO
Fetch hither the swain. He must carry me a letter.
MOTE
A message well sympathized - a horse to be ambassador for an ass. [50]
ARMADO
Ha, ha, what sayest thou?
MOTE
Marry, sir, you must send the ass upon the horse, for he is very slow-
gaited. But I go.
ARMADO
The way is but short. Away!
MOTE
As swift as lead, sir. [55]
ARMADO
The meaning, pretty ingenious? Is not lead a metal heavy, dull, and slow?
MOTE
Minime, honest master; or rather, master, no.
ARMADO
I say lead is slow.
MOTE
You are too swift, sir, to say so.
Is that lead slow which is fired from a gun? [60]
ARMADO
