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 Pol. And then, sir, does he this,—he does —what was I about to say? By the mass, I was about to say something; where did I leave?

Rey. At "closes in the consequence," at "friend or so," and "gentleman."

Pol. At "closes in the consequence," ay, marry; He closes with you thus: "I know the gentleman; I saw him yesterday, or t' other day. Or then, or then, with such, or such, and, as you say, There was he gaming, there o'ertook in 's rouse, There falling out at tennis; "or perchance, "I saw him enter such a house of sale," Videlicet, a brothel, or so forth. See you now; Your bait of falsehood takes this carp of truth; And thus do we of wisdom and of reach, With windlasses and with assays of bias,