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<TITLE A CURE FOR A CUCKOLD.>
   <SN ACT 1, SCENE 1.>
 <SSD  WOODROFF'S HOUSE.!>
 <SSD ENTER LESSINGHAM AND CLARE.>
 <Q LESSINGHAM.>
THIS IS A PLACE OF FEASTING AND OF JOY,
AND AS IN TRIUMPHS AND OVATIONS,HERE
NOTHING SAVE STATE AND PLEASURE.
 <Q CLARE.> 'TIS CONFEST.
 <Q LESS.> A DAY OF MIRTH AND SOLEMN JUBILE.
 <Q CLARE.> FOR SUCH AS CAN BE MERRY.
 <Q LESS.> A HAPPY NUPTIAL,
SINCE A LIKE PAIR OF FORTUNES SUITABLE,
EQUALITY IN BIRTH,PARITY IN YEARS,
AND IN AFFECTION NO WAY DIFFERENT,
ARE THIS DAY SWEETLY COUPLED.
 <Q CLARE.> 'TIS A MARRIAGE.
 <Q LESS.> TRUE,LADY,AND A NOBLE PRE CE!DENT
ME THINKS FOR US TO FOLLOW:WHY SHOULD THESE
OUT-STRIP US IN OUR LOVES,THAT HAVE NOT YET
OUT-GONE US IN OUR TIME? IF WE THUS LOOSE
OUR BEST,AND NOT TO BE RECOVERED HOURS
UNPROFITABLY SPENT,WE SHALL BE HELD
MEER TREWANTS IN LOVES SCHOOL.
 <Q CLARE.> THAT'S A STUDY
IN WHICH I NEVER SHALL AMBITION HAVE
TO BECOME GRADUATE.
 <Q LESS.> LADY,YOU ARE SAD:
THIS JOVIAL MEETING PUTS ME IN A SPIRIT
TO BE MADE SU . . .