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68  Consider then we come but in despite. &emsp;We do not come as minding to content you, Our true intent is. All for your delight, &emsp;We are not here. That you should here repent you, The actors are at hand; and, by their show, You shall know all that you are like to know.

The. This fellow doth not stand upon points.

Lys. He hath rid his prologue like a rough colt; he knows not the stop. A good moral, my lord: it is not enough to speak, but to speak true.

Hip. Indeed he hath played on his prologue like a child on a recorder; a sound, but not in government.

The. His speech was like a tangled chain; nothing impaired, but all disordered. Who is next?

Prol. Gentles, perchance you wonder at this show; &emsp;But wonder on, till truth make all things plain. This man is Pyramus, if you would know; &emsp;This beauteous lady Thisby is, certain. This man, with lime and rough-cast, doth present &emsp;Wall, that vile Wall which did these lovers sunder; And through Wall's chink, poor souls, they are content &emsp;To whisper, at the which let no man wonder. This man, with lantern, dog, and bush of thorn, &emsp;Presenteth Moonshine; for, if you will know, By moonshine did these lovers think no scorn  118 stand upon points: pun on senses 'mind punctuation' and 'be over-careful' 120 stop: both 'period' and 'method of stopping a horse' 124 recorder: wind instrument of flute type 128 S. d. Tawyer; cf. n. 