Curt. Come, you are so full of cony-catching!

Gru. Why, therefore fire; for I have caught extreme

cold. Where's the cook? is supper ready, the house trimmed,

rushes strewed, cobwebs swept; the serving-men in

their new fustian, [their] white stockings, and every officer

his wedding-garment on? Be the jacks fair [within], the jills

fair without, [the carpets] laid, and every thing in order?

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Curt. All ready; and therefore, I pray thee, [news].