Digital facsimile of the Bodleian First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, Arch. G c.7
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Watch 2. Watch 2.
Watch 2. How if a will not stand?
Dogb. Dogb.
Dogb. Why then take no note of him, but let him go,
Dogb. and presently call the rest of the Watch together, and
Dogb. thanke God you are ridde of a knaue.
Verges. Verges.
Verges. If he will not stand when he is bidden, hee is
Verges. none of the Princes subiects.
Dogb. True, and they are to meddle with none but
Dogb. the Princes subiects: you shall also make no noise in the
Dogb. streetes: for, for the Watch to babble and talke, is most
Dogb. tollerable, and not to be indured.
Watch. Watch.
Watch. We will rather sleepe than talke, wee know
Watch. what belongs to a Watch.
Dog. Dog.
Dog. Why you speake like an ancient and most quiet
Dog. watchman, for I cannot see how sleeping should offend: