Mary's.
It would do thee and us as much good as LIGHTEN OUR DARKNESS, or
FORASMUCH AS IT HATH PLEASED; and somewhat less than three quarters
of an hour (maybe less than one quarter) sufficeth."
SIR SILAS.
"Or he hangs without me. I am for dinner in half the time."
SIR THOMAS.
"Silas! Silas! he hangeth not with thee or without thee."
SIR SILAS.
"He thinketh himself a clever fellow; but he (look ye) is the
cleverest that gets off."
"I hold quite the contrary," quoth Will Shakspeare, winking at
Master Silas from the comfort and encouragement he had just received
touching the hanging.
And Master Silas had his answer ready, and shewed that he was more
than a match for poor Willy in wit and poetry.
He answered thus:-
"If winks are wit,
Who wanteth it?
Thou hadst other bolts to kill bucks withal. In wit, sirrah, thou
art a mere child."
WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE.
"Little dogs are jealous of children, great ones fondle them."
SIR THOMAS.
"An that were written in the Apocrypha, in the very teeth of Bel and
the Dragon, it could not be truer. I have witnessed it with my own
eyes over and over."
SIR SILAS.
"He will take this for wit, likewise, now the arms of Lucy do seal
it.
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