The Merry Wiues of Windsor.Cai.I, dat is very good, excellant.Host.Peace, I say: heare mine Host of the Garter,Am I politicke? Am I subtle? Am I a Machiuell?
[1155]
Shall I loose my Doctor? No, hee giues me the Potions
and the Motions. Shall I loose my Parson? my Priest?
my Sir
Hugh? No, he giues me the
Prouerbes, and the
No‑verbes. Giue me thy hand (Celestiall) so: Boyes
of
Art, I haue deceiu'd you both: I haue directed you
to
[1160]
wrong places: your hearts are mighty, your skinnes are
whole, and let burn'd Sacke be the issue: Come, lay
their
swords to pawne: Follow me, Lad of peace, follow,
fol
low, follow.
Shal.Trust me, a mad Host: follow Gentlemen,
fol
low.
Slen.
[1165]
O sweet
Anne Page.
Cai.Ha' do I perceiue dat? Haue you
make‑a‑de‑sot
of vs, ha, ha?
Eua.
This is well, he has made vs his vlowting‑stog:
I desire you that we may be friends: and let vs knog our
praines together to be reuenge on this same scall‑scur
were wont to be a
follower, but now you are a Leader:
whether had your rather
lead mine eyes, or eye your ma
sters heeles?
Rob.
I had rather (forsooth) go before you like a man,
then
follow him like a dwarfe.
M. Pa.
[1180]
O you are a flattering boy, now I see you'l be a
(Courtier.
Ford.Well met mistris
Page, whether go
you.
M. Pa. Truly Sir, to see your wife, is she at home?Ford.I, and as idle she may hang together for want
of company: I
think if your husbands were dead, you
two would marry.
M.Pa.Be sure of that, two other husbands.Ford.
[1185]
Where had your this pretty weather‑cocke?M.Pa.I cannot tell what (the dickens) his name is my
husband had
him of, what do you cal your Knights name
(sirrah?
Rob.Sir
Iohn Falstaffe.
Ford.Sir
Iohn Falstaffe.
M. Pa.He, he I can neuer hit on's name: there is such a
league between my goodman, and he: is your Wife at
(home
indeed?
Ford.
[1190]
Indeed she is.M.Pa.By your leaue sir, I am sicke till I see her.Ford.
Has
Page any braines? Hath he any eies?
Hath he
any thinking? Sure they sleepe, he hath no vse of
them:
why this boy will carrie a letter twentie mile as
easie, as
[1195]
a Canon will shoot point‑blanke twelue
score: hee pee
ces out his wiues inclination: he
giues her folly motion
and aduantage: and now she's
going to my wife,
Fal
staffes
boy with her: A man
may heare this showre sing
in the winde; and
Falstaffes boy with her: good
plots,
[1200]
they are laide, and our reuolted wiues share
damnation
together. Well, I will take him, then torture my
wife,
plucke the borrowed vaile of modestie from the
so‑see
ming Mist.
Page, divulge
Page himselfe for a
secure and
wilfull
Acteon, and to these violent proceedings all my
[1205]
neighbors shall cry aime. The clocke giues my Qu,
and my assurance bids me search, there I shall finde
Fal
staffe
: I shall
be rather praisd for this, then mock'd, for
it is
as possitiue, as the earth is firme, that
Falstaffe is
there: I will
go.
Shal. Page &c.
[1210]
Well
met M
rFord.
Ford.
Trust me a good knotte; I haue good cheere at
home,
and I pray you all go with me.
Shal.I must excuse my selfe M
r.
Ford.
Slen.And so must I Sir,
[1215]
We haue appointed to dine with Mistris
Anne,
And I would not breake with her for more monyThen Ile speake of.Shal.
We haue linger'd about a match betweene
An
Page
, and my cozen
Slender, and this day wee shall haue
[1220]
our answer.
Slen.I hope I haue your good will Father
Page.
Pag.You haue M
rSlender, I stand wholly
for you,
But my wife (M
r Doctor) is for you altogether.
Cai.I be‑gar, and de Maid is loue‑a‑me: my
nursh‑
a‑Quickly
tell me so mush.
Host.
[1225]
What say you to yong M
rFenton? He capers,
he dances, he has eies of youth: he writes verses, hee
speakes holliday, he smels April and May, he wil
carry't,
he will carry't, 'tis in his
buttons, he will carry't.
Page.
Not by my consent I promise you. The Gentle
[1230]
man is
of no hauing, hee kept companie with the wilde
Prince, and
Pointz: he is of too high a Region, he
knows
too much: no, hee shall not knit a knot in his
fortunes,
with the finger of my substance: if
he take her, let him
take her simply: the wealth I haue
waits on my consent,
[1235]
and my consent goes not that way.
Ford.
I beseech you heartily, some of you goe home
with me to
dinner: besides your cheere you shall haue
sport, I will
shew you a monster: M
r Doctor, you shal
go,
so shall you Mr
Page, and you Sir
Hugh.
Shal.
[1240]
Well, fare you well:We shall haue the freer woing at M
rPages.
Cai.Go home
Iohn Rugby, I come anon.
Host.Farewell my hearts, I will to my honest Knight
Falstaffe, and drinke Canarie
with him.
Ford.
I thinke I shall drinke in Pipe‑wine first
with
[1245]
him, Ile make him dance. Will you go Gentles?
All.
Haue with you, to see this Monster.
Exeunt.
Scena Tertia.
[Act 3, Scene 3]
Enter M.Ford, M.Page,
Seruants, Robin, Falstaffe,
Ford, Page, Caius,
Euans.
Mist.Ford.What
Iohn, what
Robert.
M.Page.Quickly, quickly: Is the Buck‑basket—Mis.Ford.I warrant. What
Robin I say.
Mis.Page.
[1250]
Come, come, come.Mist.Ford.Heere, set it downe.M.Pag.Giue your men the charge, we must be briefe.M.Ford.
Marrie, as I told you before (
Iohn &
Robert
)
be ready here hard‑by in the
Brew‑house, & when I so
[1255]
dainly call you,
come forth, and (without any pause, or
staggering)
take this basket on your shoulders: y
t done,
trudge
with it in all hast, and carry it among the
Whit
sters in
Dotchet
Mead, and there empty it in the muddie
ditch, close by the
Thames side.
M.Page.
[1260]
You will do it?M.Ford.I ha told them ouer and ouer, they lacke no
(direction.
EBe
were wont to be a
follower, but now you are a Leader:
whether had your rather
lead mine eyes, or eye your ma
sters heeles?
Rob.
I had rather (forsooth) go before you like a man,
then
follow him like a dwarfe.
M. Pa.
[1180]
O you are a flattering boy, now I see you'l be a
(Courtier.
Ford.Well met mistris
Page, whether go
you.
M. Pa. Truly Sir, to see your wife, is she at home?Ford.I, and as idle she may hang together for want
of company: I
think if your husbands were dead, you
two would marry.
M.Pa.Be sure of that, two other husbands.Ford.
[1185]
Where had your this pretty weather‑cocke?M.Pa.I cannot tell what (the dickens) his name is my
husband had
him of, what do you cal your Knights name
(sirrah?
Rob.Sir
Iohn Falstaffe.
Ford.Sir
Iohn Falstaffe.
M. Pa.He, he I can neuer hit on's name: there is such a
league between my goodman, and he: is your Wife at
(home
indeed?
Ford.
[1190]
Indeed she is.M.Pa.By your leaue sir, I am sicke till I see her.Ford.
Has
Page any braines? Hath he any eies?
Hath he
any thinking? Sure they sleepe, he hath no vse of
them:
why this boy will carrie a letter twentie mile as
easie, as
[1195]
a Canon will shoot point‑blanke twelue
score: hee pee
ces out his wiues inclination: he
giues her folly motion
and aduantage: and now she's
going to my wife,
Fal
staffes
boy with her: A man
may heare this showre sing
in the winde; and
Falstaffes boy with her: good
plots,
[1200]
they are laide, and our reuolted wiues share
damnation
together. Well, I will take him, then torture my
wife,
plucke the borrowed vaile of modestie from the
so‑see
ming Mist.
Page, divulge
Page himselfe for a
secure and
wilfull
Acteon, and to these violent proceedings all my
[1205]
neighbors shall cry aime. The clocke giues my Qu,
and my assurance bids me search, there I shall finde
Fal
staffe
: I shall
be rather praisd for this, then mock'd, for
it is
as possitiue, as the earth is firme, that
Falstaffe is
there: I will
go.
Shal. Page &c.
[1210]
Well
met M
rFord.
Ford.
Trust me a good knotte; I haue good cheere at
home,
and I pray you all go with me.
Shal.I must excuse my selfe M
r.
Ford.
Slen.And so must I Sir,
[1215]
We haue appointed to dine with Mistris
Anne,
And I would not breake with her for more monyThen Ile speake of.Shal.
We haue linger'd about a match betweene
An
Page
, and my cozen
Slender, and this day wee shall haue
[1220]
our answer.
Slen.I hope I haue your good will Father
Page.
Pag.You haue M
rSlender, I stand wholly
for you,
But my wife (M
r Doctor) is for you altogether.
Cai.I be‑gar, and de Maid is loue‑a‑me: my
nursh‑
a‑Quickly
tell me so mush.
Host.
[1225]
What say you to yong M
rFenton? He capers,
he dances, he has eies of youth: he writes verses, hee
speakes holliday, he smels April and May, he wil
carry't,
he will carry't, 'tis in his
buttons, he will carry't.
Page.
Not by my consent I promise you. The Gentle
[1230]
man is
of no hauing, hee kept companie with the wilde
Prince, and
Pointz: he is of too high a Region, he
knows
too much: no, hee shall not knit a knot in his
fortunes,
with the finger of my substance: if
he take her, let him
take her simply: the wealth I haue
waits on my consent,
[1235]
and my consent goes not that way.
Ford.
I beseech you heartily, some of you goe home
with me to
dinner: besides your cheere you shall haue
sport, I will
shew you a monster: M
r Doctor, you shal
go,
so shall you Mr
Page, and you Sir
Hugh.
Shal.
[1240]
Well, fare you well:We shall haue the freer woing at M
rPages.
Cai.Go home
Iohn Rugby, I come anon.
Host.Farewell my hearts, I will to my honest Knight
Falstaffe, and drinke Canarie
with him.
Ford.
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<sp who="#F-wiv-sha #F-wiv-pag">
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<sp who="#F-wiv-for">
<speaker rend="italic">Ford.</speaker>
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<sp who="#F-wiv-sha">
<speaker rend="italic">Shal.</speaker>
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<sp who="#F-wiv-sle">
<speaker rend="italic">Slen.</speaker>
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<sp who="#F-wiv-sha">
<speaker rend="italic">Shal.</speaker>
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<sp who="#F-wiv-sle">
<speaker rend="italic">Slen.</speaker>
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<sp who="#F-wiv-pag">
<speaker rend="italic">Pag.</speaker>
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<sp who="#F-wiv-cai">
<speaker rend="italic">Cai.</speaker>
<l n="1224">I be‑gar, and de Maid is loue‑a‑me: my nursh‑
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<sp who="#F-wiv-hos">
<speaker rend="italic">Host.</speaker>
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<speaker rend="italic">Page.</speaker>
<p n="1229">Not by my consent I promise you. The Gentle
<lb n="1230"/>man is of no hauing, hee kept companie with the wilde
<lb n="1231"/>Prince, and<hi rend="italic">Pointz</hi>: he is of too high a Region, he knows
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<sp who="#F-wiv-for">
<speaker rend="italic">Ford.</speaker>
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<sp who="#F-wiv-sha">
<speaker rend="italic">Shal.</speaker>
<l n="1240">Well, fare you well:</l>
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<hi rend="italic">Pages</hi>.</l>
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<sp who="#F-wiv-cai">
<speaker rend="italic">Cai.</speaker>
<l n="1242">Go home<hi rend="italic">Iohn Rugby</hi>, I come anon.</l>
</sp>
<sp who="#F-wiv-hos">
<speaker rend="italic">Host.</speaker>
<l n="1243">Farewell my hearts, I will to my honest Knight
<lb/>
<hi rend="italic">Falstaffe</hi>, and drinke Canarie with him.</l>
</sp>
<sp who="#F-wiv-for">
<speaker rend="italic">Ford.</speaker>
<p n="1244">I thinke I shall drinke in Pipe‑wine first with
<lb n="1245"/>him, Ile make him dance. Will you go Gentles?</p>
</sp>
<sp who="#F-wiv-all">
<speaker rend="italic">All.</speaker>
<p n="1246">Haue with you, to see this Monster.</p>
</sp>
<stage rend="italic rightJustified" type="exit">Exeunt.</stage>
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