Digital facsimile of the Bodleian First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, Arch. G c.7
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Clo. call: Is the single man therefore blessed? No, as a wall'd
Clo. Towne is more worthier then a village, so is the fore
Clo. head of a married man, more honourable then the bare
Clo. brow of a Batcheller: and by how much defence is bet
Clo. ter then no skill, by so much is a horne more precious
Clo. then to want.
Clo. Enter Sir Oliuer Mar‑text.
Clo. Heere comes Sir Oliuer: Sir Oliuer Mar‑text you are
Clo. wel met. Will you dispatch vs heere vnder this tree, or
Clo. shal we go with you to your Chappell?
Ol. Ol.
Ol. Is there none heere to giue the woman?
Clo. Clo.
Clo. I wil not take her on guift of any man.
Ol. Truly she must be giuen, or the marriage is not
Ol. lawfull.
Iaq. Iaq.
Iaq. Proceed, proceede: Ile giue her.