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_ ACT V. SCENE III.
The forest.
[Enter TOUCHSTONE and AUDREY.]
TOUCHSTONE.
To-morrow is the joyful day, Audrey;
to-morrow will we be married.
AUDREY.
I do desire it with all my heart; and I hope it is no
dishonest desire to desire to be a woman of the world.
Here come two of the banish'd Duke's pages.
[Enter two PAGES.]
FIRST PAGE.
Well met, honest gentleman.
TOUCHSTONE.
By my troth, well met. Come sit, sit, and a song.
SECOND PAGE.
We are for you; sit i' th' middle.
FIRST PAGE.
Shall we clap into't roundly, without hawking,
or spitting, or saying we are hoarse,
which are the only prologues to a bad voice?
SECOND PAGE.
I'faith, i'faith; and both in a tune,
like two gipsies on a horse.
SONG.
It was a lover and his lass,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,
That o'er the green corn-field did pass
In the spring time, the only pretty ring time,
When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding.
Sweet lovers love the spring.
Between the acres of the rye,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,
These pretty country folks would lie,
In the spring time, &c.
This carol they began that hour,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,
How that a life was but a flower,
In the spring time, &c.
And therefore take the present time,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,
For love is crowned with the prime,
In the spring time, &c.
TOUCHSTONE.
Truly, young gentlemen, though there was no great
matter in the ditty, yet the note was very untuneable.
FIRST PAGE.
You are deceiv'd, sir; we kept time,
we lost not our time.
TOUCHSTONE.
By my troth, yes; I count it but time lost to hear
such a foolish song. God buy you;
and God mend your voices. Come, Audrey.
[Exeunt.] _
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