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FISHING ON DRY LAND

TIME: long ago.
PLACE: before the King's palace.


KING.
PRINCE.
QUEEN.
LADIES.
FARMER NIX.
FARMER KNAVE.
MANY OTHER FARMERS.


[FARMER NIX, FARMER KNAVE, and the other FARMERS have come with their wagons, for it is market day. Some of the wagons are drawn by horses and some by oxen.]

NIX. Have you seen my colt, sir?

A FARMER. I saw a colt run by not long ago.

SECOND FARMER. There is a colt with Farmer Knave's oxen.