diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 601fac3..9bd083a 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ end
 
 require 'spec/rake/verify_rcov'
 RCov::VerifyTask.new(:verify_rcov => :rcov) do |t|
-  t.threshold = 97.1 # Make sure you have rcov 0.7 or higher!
+  t.threshold = 97.2 # Make sure you have rcov 0.7 or higher!
 end
 
 remove_task "default"
diff --git a/lib/webrat/core/assertions.rb b/lib/webrat/core/assertions.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7161280
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/webrat/core/assertions.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+module Webrat
+  module Assertions
+    
+    def should_see(text_or_regexp)
+      case text_or_regexp
+      when Regexp
+        return if scoped_html.match(text_or_regexp)
+      else
+        return if scoped_html.include?(text_or_regexp)
+      end
+      
+      flunk("Should see #{text_or_regexp.inspect} but didn't")
+    end
+
+    def should_not_see(text_or_regexp)
+      case text_or_regexp
+      when Regexp
+        return unless scoped_html.match(text_or_regexp)
+      else
+        return unless scoped_html.include?(text_or_regexp)
+      end
+      
+      flunk("Should not see #{text_or_regexp.inspect} but did")
+    end
+    
+  end
+end
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diff --git a/lib/webrat/core/scope.rb b/lib/webrat/core/scope.rb
index 42df3d7..559204f 100644
--- a/lib/webrat/core/scope.rb
+++ b/lib/webrat/core/scope.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ module Webrat
   class Scope
     include Logging
     include Flunk
+    include Assertions
     
     def initialize(session, html, selector = nil)
       @session  = session
diff --git a/lib/webrat/core/session.rb b/lib/webrat/core/session.rb
index 7e9d9c6..6142877 100644
--- a/lib/webrat/core/session.rb
+++ b/lib/webrat/core/session.rb
@@ -141,5 +141,7 @@ module Webrat
     def_delegators :current_scope, :click_post_link,    :clicks_post_link
     def_delegators :current_scope, :click_put_link,     :clicks_put_link
     def_delegators :current_scope, :click_button,       :clicks_button
+    def_delegators :current_scope, :should_see
+    def_delegators :current_scope, :should_not_see
   end
 end
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diff --git a/spec/api/should_not_see_spec.rb b/spec/api/should_not_see_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e58b23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/api/should_not_see_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../spec_helper")
+
+describe "should_not_see" do
+  before do
+    @session = Webrat::TestSession.new
+  end
+  
+  it "should fail if the string is in the HTML" do
+    @session.response_body = <<-EOS
+      <a href="/page2">Link</a>
+    EOS
+    
+    lambda {
+      @session.should_not_see "Link"
+    }.should raise_error
+  end
+  
+  it "should fail if the regexp is in the HTML" do
+    @session.response_body = <<-EOS
+      <a href="/page2">Link</a>
+    EOS
+    
+    lambda {
+      @session.should_not_see /Li(n)[ck]/
+    }.should raise_error
+  end
+  
+  it "should fail if the string is in the HTML scope" do
+    @session.response_body = <<-EOS
+      <div id="first">
+        <a href="/page2">Link</a>
+      </div>
+      <div id="second">
+      </div>
+    EOS
+    
+    lambda {
+      @session.within "#first" do |scope|
+        scope.should_not_see "Link"
+      end
+    }.should raise_error
+  end
+  
+  it "should pass if the string is not in the HTML scope" do
+    @session.response_body = <<-EOS
+      <div id="first">
+        <a href="/page2">Link</a>
+      </div>
+      <div id="second">
+      </div>
+    EOS
+    
+    @session.within "#second" do |scope|
+      scope.should_not_see "Link"
+    end
+  end
+  
+  it "should pass if the string is not in the HTML" do
+    @session.response_body = <<-EOS
+      <a href="/page2">Link</a>
+    EOS
+    
+    @session.should_not_see "Missing"
+  end
+  
+  it "should pass if the regexp is not in the HTML" do
+    @session.response_body = <<-EOS
+      <a href="/page2">Different</a>
+    EOS
+    
+    @session.should_not_see /Li(n)[ck]/
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/api/should_see_spec.rb b/spec/api/should_see_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ae021f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/api/should_see_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../spec_helper")
+
+describe "should_see" do
+  before do
+    @session = Webrat::TestSession.new
+  end
+  
+  it "should pass if the string is in the HTML" do
+    @session.response_body = <<-EOS
+      <a href="/page2">Link</a>
+    EOS
+    
+    @session.should_see "Link"
+  end
+  
+  it "should pass if the regexp is in the HTML" do
+    @session.response_body = <<-EOS
+      <a href="/page2">Link</a>
+    EOS
+    
+    @session.should_see /Li(n)[ck]/
+  end
+  
+  it "should pass if the string is in the HTML scope" do
+    @session.response_body = <<-EOS
+      <div id="first">
+        <a href="/page2">Link</a>
+      </div>
+      <div id="second">
+      </div>
+    EOS
+    
+    @session.within "#first" do |scope|
+      scope.should_see "Link"
+    end
+  end
+  
+  it "should fail if the string is not in the HTML scope" do
+    @session.response_body = <<-EOS
+      <div id="first">
+        <a href="/page2">Link</a>
+      </div>
+      <div id="second">
+      </div>
+    EOS
+    
+    lambda {
+      @session.within "#second" do |scope|
+        scope.should_see "Link"
+      end
+    }.should raise_error
+  end
+  
+  it "should fail if the string is not in the HTML" do
+    @session.response_body = <<-EOS
+      <a href="/page2">Link</a>
+    EOS
+    
+    lambda {
+      @session.should_see "Missing"
+    }.should raise_error
+  end
+  
+  it "should fail if the regexp is not in the HTML" do
+    @session.response_body = <<-EOS
+      <a href="/page2">Different</a>
+    EOS
+    
+    lambda {
+      @session.should_see /Li(n)[ck]/
+    }.should raise_error
+  end
+end