his drum; he says he has a stratagem for't: when your

lordship sees the bottom of [his] success in't, and to what

metal this counterfeit lump of [ore] will be melted, if you

give him not [John] Drum's entertainment, your [inclining]

cannot be removed. Here he comes.

[Enter] [Parolles].

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Sec. Lord. [[Aside to Ber.]] O, for the love of laughter,

hinder not the [honour] of his design: let him fetch off his

drum in any hand.