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  • Title: Englishmen For My Money (Quarto 1, 1616)
  • Editor: Natalie Aldred
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    Author: William Haughton
    Editor: Natalie Aldred
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    Englishmen For My Money (Quarto 1, 1616)

    Enter Vandalle and Frisco.
    1405 Uand. Waer be you me ster Frisco.
    Frisc. Here sir, here sir, now if I could cousen him, take
    heede sir hers a po st.
    Uand. Ick be so groterly hot, dat ick swette, Oh wen
    sal we come dare.
    1410 Frisc. Be you so hotte sir, let me carry your Cloake, I
    a s s ure you it will ease you much.
    Uand. Dare here, dare, tis so Darke ey can neit see.
    Frisc. I, so so: now you may trauell in your Hose and
    Doublet: now looke I as like the Dutchman, as if I were
    1415 spit straight out of his mouth: Ile straight home, & speake groote
    and broode, and toot and gibri sh; and in the darke Ile
    haue a fling at the Wenches. Well, I say no more; farewell
    M. Mendall, I mu st goe seeke my fortune. Exit Frisco.
    Vanda. Me ster Frisco, me ster Frisco, wat sal you no speak;
    1420make you de Foole? Why me ster Frisco; Oh de skellum,
    he be ga met de Cloake, me sal seg his me ster, han me ster
    Frisco, waer si dy me ster Frisco. Exit Vandal.