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 Knight.Equally yoked! Madam, that's true, equally yoked!

Lady.Ay, ay! a Yoke indeed, and two Beasts to draw in it.

Knight.Good Words, Madam, why didn't you say Whore and Rogue?

Lady.And if I had, it had been but plain English.

Knight.And plain Truth, you mean, I suppose.

Lady.Nay, what was Sir Thomas, to marry a Woman that he could swear he never loved in his life?

Knight.And pray, what was my Lady, to go to Bed to a Man she hated most heartily?

Lady.The more innocent of the two, for I was never married.

Knight.Not married! Why, what have you been doing then all this while? What's the English of that, Madam?

Lady.The English of what? I could make it speak English if I would; but good Manners, rather than regard to the Person, stops my Mouth.

Knight.Nay, let it come out, Madam; there can be no loss of good Language between you and I: I have lain with a Woman I did not love, and you have lain with a Man these four Years, and were never married. What will my Lady call her self next?

Lady.Not a Whore for all that; so I have the better of Sir Thomas, still.

Knight.What can it be then? No Magick, I doubt, will bring your Ladyship off.