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Dor. Have you Sirrah: No no, I would have you to think that I ſcorn to be counted a coward yet, no, Sirrah, crack me that nut. Pet. Pox take thee and thy nuts too, if they be all ſuch as theſe, for they be desilith hard. Dor. No, no Sirrah, you are deceived, theſe be but eafy ones. I have an almond nut for thee yet. O but it will melt in thy mouth like a honey pear, ſaith. Pet. Ay but the devil take thee and thy almond nuts, if theſe be they: But it is no matter I will give thee a divh of choak pears, which which wil do thee a great deal of good, and as you like theſe you ſhall have more, for I have anew for thee. Dor. Ay, but Peter, hold thy hand a litlle and let me ſpeak to thee, I pray thee, tell me what is the reaſon that thou doſt abuſe thy wife in this matter. Pet. O Dorothy, to thy ſlander I can very well anſwer, for this is but a ſlander, to ſay I abuſe you, for I ſcorn to abuſe my wife. O Dorothy, I do but pay my debts. Dor. Your debts with a vengeance, may the devil take ſuch paymaſters, that pay their debts with blows. Pet. Amen. Dorothy, but I think the devil will not be troubled with ſuch a one as thou art, I wiſh he would, he would do me a good turn. Dor. Why thou brazen fac'd rotterdam cuckoldy rogue, doſt thou think I am too ill for the devil, no rogue. before I go to the devil, I will have another bout with thee and that (con too, I will teach you Sirrah to aſſign your wife to the devil, ſly braſs; hold, hold, thou