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(Draws.)

Enter Officers.

FABIAN
O good Sir Toby, hold! here come the officers.

SIR TOBY
(To Antonio) I’ll be with you anon.

VIOLA
(To Sir Andrew) Pray sir, put your sword up, if you please.

SIR ANDREW
Marry, will I, sir: and for that I promised [310] you, I’ll be as good as my

word. He will bear you easily, and reins well.

FIRST OFFICER

This is the man; do thy office.

SECOND OFFICER
Antonio, I arrest thee at the suit
Of Count Orsino.

ANTONIO
You do mistake me, sir. [315]

FIRST OFFICER
No, sir, no jot: I know your favour well,
Though now you have no sea-cap on your head.

Take him away, he knows I know him well.

ANTONIO
I must obey. (To Viola) This comes with seeking you;
But there’s no remedy, I shall answer it. [320]
What will you do, now my necessity

Makes me to ask you for my purse? It grieves me