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Deaths Alexander; Armado's page, Hercules; the pedant, Judas
And if these four Worthies in their first show thrive,
There is five in the first show.
KING.
The pedant, the braggart, the hedge-priest, the fool, and
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The ship is under sail, and here she comes amain.
[Enter COSTARD, armed for POMPEY.]
COSTARD.
You lie, you are not he.
COSTARD.
With libbard's head on knee.
BEROWNE.
'I Pompey am, Pompey surnam'd the Big'--
DUMAINE.
It is 'Great,' sir; 'Pompey surnam'd the Great,
sweat:
And lay my arms before the legs of this sweet lass of France.
Great thanks, great Pompey.
COSTARD.
I made a little fault in 'Great.'
BEROWNE.
'When in the world I liv'd, I was the world's commander.html">commander;
My scutcheon plain declares that I am Alisander'--
BOYET.
Your nose smells 'no' in this, most tender-smelling knight.
PRINCESS.
'When in the world I liv'd, I was the world's commander;'--
BOYET.
Pompey the Great,--
COSTARD.
Take away the conqueror, take away Alisander.
COSTARD.
the conqueror! You will be scraped out of the painted cloth for
close-stool, will be given to Ajax: he will be the ninth Worthy.
[Nathaniel retires.] There, an't shall please you: a foolish mild
good.html">good.html">good neighbour, faith, and a very good bowler; but for
there are Worthies a-coming will speak their mind in some other
Stand aside, good Pompey.
[Enter HOLOFERNES armed, for JUDAS; and MOTH armed, for
'Great Hercules is presented by this imp,
And when he was a babe, a child, a shrimp,
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