Digital facsimile of the Bodleian First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, Arch. G c.7
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Watch. Well sir.
Dogb. Dogb.
Dogb. If you meet a theefe, you may suspect him, by
Dogb. vertue of your office, to be no true man: and for such
Dogb. kinde of men, the lesse you meddle or make with them,
Dogb. why the more is for your honesty.
Watch. Watch.
Watch. If wee know him to be a thiefe, shall wee not
Watch. lay hands on him.
Dogb. Truly by your office you may, but I think they
Dogb. that touch pitch will be defil'd: the most peaceable way
Dogb. for you, if you doe take a theefe, is, to let him shew him
Dogb. selfe what he is, and steale out of your company.
Ver. Ver.
Ver. You haue bin alwaies cal'd a merciful māman partner.
Dog. Dog.
Dog. Truely I would not hang a dog by my will, much
Dog. more a man who hath anie honestie in him.
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