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This scene introduces two of Volpone's companions. Nano is an entertaining dwarf, who is present in Volpone's household to entertain and amuse the wealthy man. Androgyno is an hermaphrodite who, Nano professes, has been taken over by the soul of Pythagoras. Nano teases Androgyno for being an hermaphrodite, encouraging him to reveal what sex he would rather be. The patter between the two companions is a rehearsed act, designed to entertain and amuse.
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NAN: Now, room for fresh gamesters, who do will you to know,
They do bring you neither play, nor university show;
And therefore do entreat you, that whatsoever they rehearse,
May not fare a whit the worse, for the false pace of the verse.
If you wonder at this, you will wonder more ere we pass,
For know, here is inclosed the soul
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