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Master Mathew visits his new friend Captain Bobadil. Mathew is a foolish young man from the country with little experience in city decorum and manners. Captain Bobadil is a braggart soldier, always ready to impress, but with very little bravery to back it up. This unlikely pair entertain each other; Mathew reads poetry (from Thomas Kyd’s play The Spanish Tragedy, very popular in 1590s London), while Bobadil shows him how to sword fight. This scene is both verbally witty and physically comic.
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Mat. Save you, sir; save you, captain!
Bob. Gentle master Mathew! Is it you, sir? down.
Mat. Thank you, good captain; you may see I am somewhat audacious.
Bob. Not so, sir. I was requested to supper last night by a sort of gallants, where you were wished for, and drunk to, I assure you.
Mat. Vouchsafe me, by whom, good captain?
Bob. Marry, by young
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