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A pretty play our leisure to beguile!

A thousand bridges I could build meanwhile.

Not science only and consummate art—

Patience must also bear her part.

A quiet spirit worketh whole years long;

Time only makes the subtle ferment strong.

And all things that belong thereto,

Are wondrous and exceeding rare!

The devil taught her, it is true;

But yet the draught the devil can't prepare.

[Perceiving the beasts.]

Look yonder, what a dainty pair!

Here is the maid! the knave is there!

(To the beasts)

It seems your dame is not at home?