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Tue 29 Nov, 2011 01:29 am
Master Hobson answered and sayd,"now maister Fleete-wood, am I quit with you: for when I came to speake with you, I beleeved your man that said, you were not at home, and now you will not beleeve mine own selfe."
@kkfengdao,
It looks like it means the same as the modern expression "am I quit
s with you ?" , meaning "are we now equal in our dealings with each other ?"
It means that he will have nothing further to do with his interlocutor.
@Setanta,
Setanta appears correct here, that is the meaning I would take from this passage. The language is very old-fashioned (17th c. or thereabouts).
The modern phrase "now we're quits" while similar, has the different meaning of "now we're even", so is a little misleading.
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