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                                 Act IL Scene L


                    A HALL IN ANGELO'S HOUSE.


         ESCALUS, ELB 0 W FROTH, POMPE J~ OFFIcERS, &c.


    E/bozv.-O thou caitiff!  0 thou varlet! 0 thou wicked Hannibal!   I respeded
with her before I was married to her!  If ever I was respeded with her, or
she with
me, let not your worship think me the poor duke's officer.  Prove this, thou
wicked
Hannibal, or I'll have mine aCtion of battery on thee.
    Escalus.-If he took you a box o' the ear, you might have your aCtion
of
slander too.
    Elbow.-Marry, I thank your good worship for it.       What is't your
worship's
pleasure I shall do with this wicked caitiff?
    Esca/us.-Truly, officer, because he hath some offences in him that thou
wouldst
discover if thou couldst, let him continue in his courses till thou knowest
what
they are.
    Elbow.-Marry, I thank you worship for it.    Thou seest, thou wicked
varlet,
now, what's come upon thee: thou art to continue now, thou varlet; thou art
to
continue.


                   Painted by ROBERT SMIRKE, R. A.