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Come on, sirrah, hold up your head. Answer your master, be not afraid.
EVANS
William, how many numbers is in nouns?
WILLIAM
Two.
QUICKLY
Truly I thought there had been one number [20] more, because they say
‘Od’s nouns’.
EVANS
Peace your tattlings! What is ‘fair’, William?
WILLIAM
Pulcher.
QUICKLY
Polecats? There are fairer things than polecats, sure. [25]
EVANS
You are a very simplicity ’oman; I pray you, peace − What is lapis, William?
WILLIAM
A stone.
EVANS
And what is ‘a stone’, William?
WILLIAM
A pebble. [30]
EVANS
No, it is lapis: I pray you remember in your prain.
