Act III [Scene i]

Enter BERGETTO and POGGIO

BERGETTO

 

Does my uncle think to make me a baby still? No, Poggio, he shall

 

know I have a sconce now.

 

POGGIO

 

Ay, let him not bob you off like an ape with an apple.

 

BERGETTO

 

’Sfoot, I will have the wench, if he were ten uncles, in despite of

 

his nose, Poggio.

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POGGIO

 

Hold him to the grindstone, and give not a jot of ground: she hath

 

in a manner promised you already.

 

BERGETTO

 

True, Poggio, and her uncle the Doctor swore I should marry

 

her.

 

POGGIO

 

He swore, I remember.

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BERGETTO

 

And I will have her, that’s more. Didst see the codpiece-point she

 

gave me, and the box of marmalade?

 

POGGIO

 

Very well, and kissed you, that my chops watered at the

 

sight on’t. There’s no way but to clap up a marriage in hugger-

 

mugger.

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BERGETTO

 

I will do’t, for I tell thee, Poggio, I begin to grow valiant, methinks,

 

and my courage begins to rise.

 

POGGIO

 

Should you be afraid of your uncle?

 

BERGETTO

 

Hang him, old doting rascal, no: I say I will have her.

 

POGGIO

 

Lose no time, then.

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BERGETTO

 

I will beget a race of wise men and constables, that shall cart whores

 

at their own charges, and break the Duke’s peace ere I have done

 

myself. Come away!             Exeunt