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100 Speed. If the ground be overcharged, you were best stick her.
Pro. [Nay: in that you are astray], ’twere best pound you.
Speed. Nay, sir, less than a pound shall serve me for carrying your letter.
105 Pro. You mistake; I mean the pound,—pinfold.
Speed. From a pound to a pin? fold it over and over,
’Tis threefold too little for carrying a letter to your lover.
[Pro.] But what said she?
Speed. [First nodding] Ay.
110 Pro. [Nod—Ay—]why, that’s noddy.
Speed. You mistook, sir; I [say], she did nod: and you ask me if she did nod; and I say, ‘Ay.’