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Nicholas , Philip , Walter , Sugarsop , and the rest ; let their heads be sleekly combed , their blue coats brush ' d and their garters of an indifferent knit ; let them curtsy with their left legs , and not presume to touch a hair of my master ' s horse-tail till they kiss their hands . Are they all ready ?
CURTIS . They are . GRUMIO . Call them forth .
CURTIS . Do you hear ? ho ! You must meet my master to countenance my mistress .
GRUMIO . Why , she hath a face of her own . CURTIS . Who knows not that ? GRUMIO . Thou , it seems , that calls for company to countenance her . CURTIS . I call them forth to credit her . GRUMIO . Why , she comes to borrow nothing of them . [ Enter several SERVANTS .] NATHANIEL . Welcome home , Grumio ! PHILIP . How now , Grumio ! JOSEPH . What , Grumio ! NICHOLAS . Fellow Grumio ! NATHANIEL . How now , old lad !
GRUMIO . Welcome , you ; how now , you ; what , you ; fellow , you ; and thus much for greeting . Now , my spruce companions , is all ready , and all things