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THE HOUR-GLASS
Wise Man
Strange that I should be blind to the great secret,
And that so simple a man might write it out
Upon a blade of grass or bit of rush
With naught but berry juice, and laugh to himself
Writing it out, because it was so simple.
[Enter Bridget followed by the Fool.
Fool
Give me something; give me a penny to buy bacon in the shops and nuts in the market, and strong drink for the time when the sun is weak.
Bridget
I have no pennies. (To Wise Man) Your pupils cannot find anybody to argue with you. There's nobody in
