Authors: Anonymous, Michael Drayton, Richard Hathway, Antony Munday, William Shakespeare, Robert Wilson

Editor: Michael Best

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The History of Sir John Oldcastle (Folio 3, 1664)

 2373Enter Carrier and Kate.
 2374Club. Who's within here? who looks to the horses?
 2375Uds hat, here's fine work, the Hens in the manger, and
 2376the Hogs in the litter, a bots found you all, here's a house
 2377well lookt too ifaith.
 2378Kate. Mas Goff Club, Ise very cawd.
 2379Club. Get in Kate, get into fire and warme thee.
 2380John Ostler? 
 2381Host. What, Gaffer Club, welcome to S. Albans,
 2382How do's all our friends in Lancashire?
 2383Club. Well, God a mercy John, how do's Tom?
 2384where is he?
 2385Ost. Tom's gone from hence, he's at the three Horse-
 2386loves at stony-Stratford: how do's old Dick Dun.
 2387Club. Uds hat, old Dun is moyr'd in a slough in
 2388Brick hill-lane: a plague found it, yonders such abomi-
 2389nation weather as was never seen.
 2390Ost. Uds hat Thief, have one halfe peck of pease and
 2391oats more for that, as I am John Ostler, he has bin ever
 2392as good a jade as ever travelled.
 2393Club. Faith well said old Jack, thou art the old lad still.
 2394Ost. Come Gaffer Club, unload, unload, and get to
 2395supper.

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