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The dozen white Lowses do become and old Coat well: it agrees well passant: It is a familiar beast to man, and signifies Love. It is marring indeed, if he quarter it. It is better that friends is the sword, and end it: and there is also another device in my praine, which peradventure brings good discretions with it. There is Anne Page, which is daughter to Master Thomas Page, which is pretty virginity. It is that ferry person for all the orld, as joust as you will desire, and seven hundred pounds of Moneys, and Gold, and Silver, is her Grandsire upon his deaths-bed, (God deliver to a joyful resurrections) give, when she is able to overtake seventeen years old. It were a good motion, if we leave our pribbles and prabbles, and desire a marriage between Master Abraham, and Mistress Anne Page. I pray you now, good Master Slenders servingman, and friend Simple by your name; which way have you looked for Master Caius, that calls himself Doctor of Physic. This is very fantastical humours and jealousy's. You suffer for a pad conscience: your wife is as honest a of men, as I will desires among five thou sand, and five hundred too. OF man, art thou Lunaties? Hast thou no un derstandings for thy Cases, & the numbers of the Gen dears? Thou art as foolish Christian creatures, as I would desires. Why, this is Lunatics: this is mad, as a mad dog. M r Ford, you must pray, and not follow the imaginations of your own heart: this is jealousy's. Let us about it, It is admirable pleasures, and ferry honest knaveries. Trib, trib Fairies: Come, and remember your parts: be bold (I pray you) follow me into the pit, and when I give the watch-'ords, do as I bid you: Come, come, trib, trib. And leave you your iealouzies too, I pray you. Yes per-lady: if he ha a quarter of your coat, there is but three Skirts for your self, in my simple con iectures; but that is all one: if Sir John Falstaff have committed disparagements unto you, I am of the Church and will be glad to do my benevolence, to make atone ments and compromises between you. It is not meet the Council hear a Riot: there is no fear of God in a Riot: The Council (look you) shall desire to hear the fear of God, and not to hear a Riot: take your viza-ments in that. I, and her father is make her a better penny. Seven hundred pounds, and possibilities, is good gifts. Shall I tell you a lie? I do despise a liar, as I do despise one that is false, or as I despise one that is not true: the Knight Sir John is there, and I beseech you be ruled by your well-willers: I will peat the door for M r . Page. What hoa? Got-plesse your house here. Here is go't's blessing and your friend, and Ju stice Shallow, and here young Master Slender : that perad ventures shall tell you another tale, if matters grow to your likings. It is spoke as a Christians ought to speak. Ferry goo't, I will make a proof of it in my notebook, and we will afterwards York upon the cause, with as great discreetly as we can. The Tevill and his Tam: what phrase is this? he hears with ear? why, it is affectations. No, it is false, if it is a pickpurse. So got-udge me, that is a virtuous mind. Give ear to his motions; (M r . Slender ) I will description the matter to you, if you be capacity of it. But that is not the question: the question is concerning your marriage. I most vehemently desire you, you will also look that way. 'Plesse my soul: how full of Cholers I am, and trembling of mind: I shall be glad if he have deceived me: how melancholies I am? I will knog his Urinals a bout his knaves costard, when I have good opportunities for the York: 'Plesse my soul: To shallow Ruiers to whose falls: melodious Birds sings Madrigals: There will we make our Beds of Roses: and a thousand fragrant posies. To shall low: 'Mercie on me, I have a great dispositions to cry. Melodious birds sing Madrigals: — When as I sat in Pa bilon: and a thousand vagram Posies. To shallow, &c. He's welcome: To shallow Rivers, to whose falls : Heaven prosper the right: what weapons is he? Pray you give me my gown, or else keep it in your arms. 'Plesse you from his mercy-sake, all of you. There is reasons, and causes for it. Fery-well: what is it? What is he? Got's-will, and his passion of my heart: I had as lief you would tell me of a mess of porridge. He has no more knowledge in Hippocrates and Galen, and he is a knave beside: a cowardly knave, as you would desires to be acquainted withal. Pray you use your patience in good time. Pray you let us not be laughing-stocks to other men's humours: I desire you in friendship, and I will one way or other make you amends: I will knog your Urinal about your knaves Cogs-combe. As I am a Christians-soule, now look your: this is the place appointed, I'll be judgement by mine Host of the Garter. Well, I will smite his noddles: pray you follow. Where is mine Host? Have a care of your entertainments: there is a friend of mine come to Town, tells me there is three Cozen-Iermans, that has cozened all the Hosts of Readins, of Maidenhead ; of Colebrooke, of horses and money: I tell you for good will (look you) you are wise, and full of gibes, and vlouting-stocks: and it's not convenient you should be cozoned. Fare you well. Pray you lock hand in hand: your selves in order set: And twenty glowworms shall our Lanthorns be To guide our Measure round about the Tree. But stay, I smell a man of middle earth. And given to Fornications, and to Taverns, and Sack, and Wine, and Metheglins, and to drinkings and swearings, and starings? Pribles and prables? Pauca verba ; (Sir John ) good words. It is his five senses: fie, what the ignorance is. Marry is it: the very point of it, to Mi. And Page. But can you affection the 'o-man, let us command to know that of your mouth, or of your lips: for diverse Philosophers hold, that the lips is parcel of the mouth: therefore precisely, Can ̄ you carry your good will to y e maid? Nay, God's Lords, and his Ladies, you must speak possitable, if you can carry-her your desires towards her. It is a very discetion-answere; save the fallen is in the'ord, dissolutely: the word is (according to our meam ning) resolutely: his meaning is good. Od's plessed-wil: I will not be abse ̄ ce at the grace. Go your ways, and ask of Doctor Caius house, which is the way; and there dwells one Mistress Quickly ; which is in the manner of his Nurse; or his dry-Nurse; or his Cook; or his Laundry; his Washer, and his Ringer. Nay, it is better yet: give her this letter; for it is a'oman that altogeathers acquainta ̄ ce with Mistress Anne Page ; and the Letter is to desire, and require her to Soli cite your Master's desires, to Mistress Anne Page: I pray you be gone: I will make and end of my dinner; ther's Pip pins and Cheese to come. If there be any body in the house, & in the cham bers, and in the coffers, and in the presses: heaven for give my sins at the day of judgement. If there is one, I shall make two in the Company Come hither William ; hold up your head; come. Show me now (William) some declensions of your Pronouns. It is Qui, que, quod ; if you forget your Quies, your Ques, and your Quods, you must be breeches: Go your ways and play, go. He is a good sprag-memory: Farewell Miss. Page. You say he has been thrown in the Rivers: and has been grievously beaten, as and old of man: methinks there should be terrors in him, that he should not come: Methinks his flesh is punished, he shall have no de sire's. Where's Bede ? Go you, and where you find a maid That ere she sleep has thrice her prayers said, Raise up the Organs of her fantasy, Sleep she as found as careless infancy, But those as sleep, and think not on their sins, Pinch them arms, legs, backs, shoulders, sides, & shins. Cheese is not good to give butter; your belly is all butter. Peace, I pray you: now let us understand: there is three Umpires in this matter, as I understand; that is, Master Page (videlicet Master Page, ) & there is my self, (videlicet my self) and the three party is (lastly, and fi nally) mine Host of the Gater. This is well, he has made us his vlowting-stog: I desire you that we may be friends: and let us knog our praines together to be revenge on this same scall scur uy-cogging-companion the Host of the Garter. I pray you now remembrance to morrow on the lousy knave, mine Host. A lousy knave, to have his gibes, and his moc keries. No: Master Slender is let the Boys leave to play. William, how many Numbers is in Nouns? Peace, your tattlings. What is (Fair) William? You are a very simplicity of man: I pray you peace. What is (Lapis) William ? And what is a Stone (William?) No; it is Lapis : I pray you remember in your praine. That is a good William : what is he (William) that do's lend Articles. Nominativo hic, hag, hog : pray you mark: geni tiuo huius: Well: what is your Accusatiue-case ? I pray you have your remembrance (child) Ac cusatiuo hing, hang, hog. Leave your prables (of man) What is the Foca tiue case (William?) Remember William, Vocative, is caret. OF man, forbear. I. For shame of man. It's unreasonable; will you take up your wives clothes? Come, away. By yea, and no, I think the of man is a witch in deed: I Like not when a of man has a great beard; I spy a great beard under his muffler. It's one of the best discretions of a of man as e ver I did look upon. I will teach the children their behaviours: and I will be Like a Iacke-an-Apes also, to burn the Knight with my Taber. Come: will this wood take fire? What is your Genitive case plural (William?) Sir John Falstaff, serve God, and leave your desires, and Fairies will not pinch you.