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do: [255] but this is most falliable, the worm’s an odd worm.
CLEOPATRA
Get thee hence, farewell.
CLOWN
I wish you all joy of the worm.
(Setting down his basket.)
CLEOPATRA
Farewell. [260]
CLOWN
You must think this, look you, that the worm will do his kind.
CLEOPATRA
Ay, ay, farewell.
CLOWN
Look you, the worm is not to be trusted, but in the keeping of wise people:
for indeed, there is no [265] goodness in the worm.
CLEOPATRA
Take thou no care, it shall be heeded.
CLOWN
Very good: give it nothing, I pray you, for it is not worth the feeding.
CLEOPATRA
Will it eat me? [270]
CLOWN
You must not think I am so simple but I know the devil himself will not eat a
woman: I know, that a woman is a dish for the gods, if the devil dress her
not. But truly, these same whoreson devils do the gods great harm in their
women: for in every ten that they make, [275] the devils mar five.
