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If thou hadst been Dromio to-day in my place,

Thou wouldst have chang’d thy face for a name, or thy name for an ass.

Enter Luce [within].

Luce [Within.]

What a coil is there, Dromio?

Who are those at the gate?

E. Dro.

Let my master in, Luce.

Luce [Within.]

Faith, no, he comes too late,

And so tell your master.

E. Dro.

O Lord, I must laugh!

Have at you with a proverb—Shall I set in my staff?

Luce [Within.]

Have at you with another, that’s—When? can you tell?

S. Dro. [Within.]

If thy name be called Luce—Luce, thou hast answer’d him well.

E. Ant.

Do you hear, you minion? You’ll let us in, I hope?

Luce [Within.]

I thought to have ask’d you.

S. Dro. [Within.]

And you said no.

E. Dro.

So come help: well strook! there was blow for blow.

E. Ant.

Thou baggage, let me in.

Luce [Within.]

Can you tell for whose sake?

E. Dro.

Master, knock the door hard.

Luce [Within.]

Let him knock till it ache.

E. Ant.

You’ll cry for this, minion, if I beat the door down.

Luce [Within.]

What needs all that, and a pair of stocks in the town?