The Merry Wiues of Windsor.That quaint in greene, she shall be loose
en‑roab'd,
[2180]
With Ribonds‑pendant, flaring 'bout her
head;
And when the Doctor spies his vantage ripe,To pinch her by the hand, and on that token,The maid hath giuen consent to go with him.Host.Which meanes she to deceiue? Father, or Mo
ther.
Fen.
[2185]
Both (my good Host) to go along with me:And heere it rests, that you'l procure the VicarTo stay for me at Church, 'twixt twelue, and
one,
And in the lawfull name of marrying,To giue our hearts vnited ceremony.Host.
[2190]
Well, husband your deuice; Ile to the Vicar,Bring you the Maid, you shall not lacke a Priest.Fen.So shall I euermore be bound to thee;Besides, Ile make a present recompence.Exeunt
Actus Quintus. Scœna Prima.
[Act 5, Scene 1]
Enter Falstoffe,
Quickly, and Ford.
Fal.Pre'thee no more pratling: go, Ile hold, this is
the
third time: I hope good lucke lies in odde numbers:
[2195]
Away, go, they say there is Diuinity in odde Numbers,
either in natiuity, chance, or death: away.
Qui.
Ile prouide you a chaine, and Ile do what I can
to get you
a paire of hornes.
Fall.
Away I say, time weares, hold vp your head &
mince. How
now M
Broome? Master
Broome, the mat
[2200]
ter will be
knowne to night, or neuer. Bee you in the
Parke about
midnight, at Hernes‑Oake, and you shall
see
wonders.
Ford.
Went you not to her yesterday (Sir) as you told
me
you had appointed?
Fal.
[2205]
I went to her (Master
Broome) as you
see, like a
poore‑old‑man, but I came from
her (Master
Broome)
like a
poore‑old‑woman; that same knaue (
Ford hir
hus
band) hath the finest mad diuell of
iealousie in him (Ma
ster
Broome) that euer gouern'd Frensie. I will tell
you,
[2210]
he beate me greeuously, in the shape of a woman: (for
in
the shape of Man (Master
Broome) I feare not Goliah
with a Weauers beame,
because I know also, life is a
Shuttle) I am in
hast, go along with mee, Ile tell you all
(Master
Broome:) since I
pluckt Geese, plaide Trewant,
[2215]
and whipt Top, I knew not
what 'twas to be beaten, till
lately. Follow mee,
Ile tell you strange things of this
knaue
Ford, on whom to night I will be reuenged,
and I
will deliuer his wife into your hand. Follow,
straunge
things in hand (M.
Broome) follow.
Exeunt.
Scena Secunda.
[Act 5, Scene 2]
Enter Page, Shallow,
Slender.
Page.
[2220]
Come, come: wee'll couch i'th
Castle‑ditch,
till we see the light of our
Fairies. Remember son
Slen
der
,
my
Slen.
I forsooth, I haue spoke with her, & we haue
a
nay‑word, how to know one another. I come to her
[2225]
in
white, and cry Mum; she cries Budget, and by that
Mum, or
her Budget? The white will decipher her well
enough. It
hath strooke ten a'clocke.
Page.
[2230]
The night is darke, Light and Spirits will be
come it wel: Heauen prosper our sport. No man means
euill
but the deuill, and we shal know him by his hornes.
Lets
away: follow me.
Exeunt.
Scena Tertia.
[Act 5, Scene 3]
Enter Mist.Page,
Mist.Ford, Caius.
Mist.Page.
M
r Doctor, my daughter is in green, when
[2235]
you see
your time, take her by the hand, away with her
to the
Deanerie, and dispatch it quickly: go before into
the
Parke: we two must go together.
Cai.I know vat I haue to do, adieu.Mist.Page.
Fare you well (Sir:) my husband will not
[2240]
reioyce so much at
the abuse of
Falstaffe, as he
will chafe
at the Doctors marrying my daughter: But
'tis no mat
ter; better a little chiding,
then a great deale of heart
breake.
Mist.Ford.
Where is
Nan now? and her troop of
Fai
[2245]
ries? and the Welch‑deuill Herne?
Mist.Page.
They are all couch'd in a pit hard by Hernes
Oake,
with obscur'd Lights; which at the very instant
of
Falstaffes and our
meeting, they will at once display to
the night.
Mist.Ford.
[2250]
That cannot choose but amaze him.Mist.Page.If he be not amaz'd he will be mock'd: If
he
be amaz'd, he will euery way be mock'd.
Mist.Ford.Wee'll betray him finely.Mist.Page.Against such Lewdsters, and their lechery,Those that betray them, do no treachery.Mist.Ford.
[2255]
The houre drawes‑on: to the Oake, to the
Oake.
Exeunt.
Scena Quarta.
[Act 5, Scene 4]
Enter Euans and
Fairies.
Euans.
Trib, trib Fairies: Co
me, and remember your
parts: be pold
(I pray you) follow me into the pit, and
when I giue the
watch‑'ords, do as I pid you: Come,
come,
trib, trib.
Exeunt
Scena Quinta.
[Act 5, Scene 5]
Enter Falstaffe,
Mistris Page, Mistris Ford, Euans,
Anne Page, Fairies, Page, Ford, Quickly,
Slender, Fenton, Caius,
Pistoll.
Fal.
[2260]
The Windsor‑bell hath stroke twelue: the Mi
nute drawesߛon: Now the hot‑bloodied‑Gods
assist me:
Remember Ioue, thou was't a Bull
for thy
Europa, Loue
set on thy
hornes. O powerfull Loue, that in some re
spects makes a Beast a Man: in som other, a Man a
beast.
[2265]
You were also (Iupiter) a Swan, for the loue
of
Leda: O
omnipotent
Actus Quintus. Scœna Prima.
[Act 5, Scene 1]
Enter Falstoffe,
Quickly, and Ford.
Fal.Pre'thee no more pratling: go, Ile hold, this is
the
third time: I hope good lucke lies in odde numbers:
[2195]
Away, go, they say there is Diuinity in odde Numbers,
either in natiuity, chance, or death: away.
Qui.
Ile prouide you a chaine, and Ile do what I can
to get you
a paire of hornes.
Fall.
Away I say, time weares, hold vp your head &
mince. How
now M
Broome? Master
Broome, the mat
[2200]
ter will be
knowne to night, or neuer. Bee you in the
Parke about
midnight, at Hernes‑Oake, and you shall
see
wonders.
Ford.
Went you not to her yesterday (Sir) as you told
me
you had appointed?
Fal.
[2205]
I went to her (Master
Broome) as you
see, like a
poore‑old‑man, but I came from
her (Master
Broome)
like a
poore‑old‑woman; that same knaue (
Ford hir
hus
band) hath the finest mad diuell of
iealousie in him (Ma
ster
Broome) that euer gouern'd Frensie. I will tell
you,
[2210]
he beate me greeuously, in the shape of a woman: (for
in
the shape of Man (Master
Broome) I feare not Goliah
with a Weauers beame,
because I know also, life is a
Shuttle) I am in
hast, go along with mee, Ile tell you all
(Master
Broome:) since I
pluckt Geese, plaide Trewant,
[2215]
and whipt Top, I knew not
what 'twas to be beaten, till
lately. Follow mee,
Ile tell you strange things of this
knaue
Ford, on whom to night I will be reuenged,
and I
will deliuer his wife into your hand. Follow,
straunge
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