FIRST PROFESSOR.
SECOND PROFESSOR.
SHEPHERD.
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[_The_ PROFESSORS _look through very large books._]
ABBOT. Look well for the answers, friends. Look long, look deep, look
well.
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FIRST PROFESSOR (_closing book_). I cannot find the answers here.
SECOND PROFESSOR (_closing book_). I cannot find them in my book.
ABBOT. Have you looked in other books?
FIRST PROFESSOR. We have looked in every book.
SECOND PROFESSOR. In every book, in every house, in every town.
ABBOT. Alas! Alas! What shall I do? What shall I do?
FIRST PROFESSOR. Go to the king and tell him all.
ABBOT. And then I'll lose my head!
SECOND PROFESSOR. Yes, I fear you'll lose your head.
FIRST PROFESSOR. I am sorry, Abbot, I wish that I might help you.
SECOND PROFESSOR. I am sorry too, friend Abbot. And I do wish the same.
ABBOT. You both have tried your best. Farewell.
(_The Professors bow and go._)
Alas! Alas! Alas! Alas!
[_Enter the_ SHEPHERD.]
SHEPHERD. Good-day to you, good Abbot!
ABBOT. Ah, Shepherd, I am glad to see you. How goes it in your village?
SHEPHERD. We do nothing there but laugh since your visit to us, sir. We
laugh all day and half the night.
ABBOT.
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