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[ Servants present a ewer , basin , and napkin .]
O , how we joy to see your wit restor ' d ! O , that once more you knew but what you are ! These fifteen years you have been in a dream , Or , when you wak ' d , so wak ' d as if you slept .
SLY . These fifteen years ! by my fay , a goodly nap . But did I never speak of all that time ?
FIRST SERVANT . O ! yes , my lord , but very idle words ; For though you lay here in this goodly chamber , Yet would you say ye were beaten out of door , And rail upon the hostess of the house , And say you would present her at the leet , Because she brought stone jugs and no seal ' d quarts . Sometimes you would call out for Cicely Hacket .
SLY . Ay , the woman ' s maid of the house .
THIRD SERVANT . Why , sir , you know no house nor no such maid , Nor no such men as you have reckon ' d up , As Stephen Sly , and old John Naps of Greece , And Peter Turf , and Henry Pimpernell ; And twenty more such names and men as these , Which never were , nor no man ever saw .
SLY . Now , Lord be thanked for my good amends ! ALL . Amen . SLY . I thank thee ; thou shalt not lose by it . [ Enter the PAGE , as a lady , with ATTENDANTS .] PAGE . How fares my noble lord ? SLY . Marry , I fare well ; for here is cheer enough . Where is my wife ? PAGE . Here , noble lord : what is thy will with her ?