Clo. By'r lady, sir, and some dogs will catch well.

Sir And. Begin, fool: it begins,—[Sings.] Hold thy peace.

Clo. Hold my peace!—I shall never begin, if I hold my peace.

Sir And. Good, i'faith!—Come, begin:—that, or something else,—or what you will.

[They all three sing.

Christmas comes but once a year,
And therefore we'll be merry.

Enter Maria.

Mar. What a catterwauling do you keep here! If my lady have not called up her steward, Malvolio, and bid him turn you out of doors, never trust me.

Sir To. My lady's a Cataian; we are politicians. Malvolio's a Peg-a-Ramsay:—[Sings.]—And three merry men be we.

Sir And. [Sings.] And three merry men be we.