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MISTRESS QUICKLY
115Thou art an unjust man in saying so. Thou or any man knows
where to have me, thou knave, thou.
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MISTRESS QUICKLY You’re awful for saying so: you or any man would know where to put me, you brute, you!
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PRINCE HENRY Thou sayest true, hostess, and he slanders thee most grossly.
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PRINCE HENRY You’re right, hostess, and he has really insulted you.
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MISTRESS QUICKLY So he doth you, my lord, and said this other day you owed
him a thousand pound.
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MISTRESS QUICKLY He insulted you, too, my lord. Just the other day, he said you owed him a thousand pounds.
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PRINCE HENRY
120Sirrah, do I owe you a thousand pound?
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PRINCE HENRY Sirrah, do I owe you a thousand pounds?
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FALSTAFF A thousand pound, Hal? A million. Thy love is worth a
million; thou owest me thy love.
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FALSTAFF A thousand pounds, Hal? A million. Your love is worth a million, and you owe me your love.
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MISTRESS QUICKLY Nay, my lord, he called you “jack,” and said he would cudgel
you.
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MISTRESS QUICKLY No, sir. He called you a bastard and said he’d beat you.
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FALSTAFF
125Did I, Bardolph?
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FALSTAFF Did I, Bardolph?
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BARDOLPH Indeed, Sir John, you said so.
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BARDOLPH Indeed, Sir John, you said so.
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FALSTAFF Yea, if he said my ring was copper.
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FALSTAFF That’s right, if he said my ring was junk and made of copper.
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PRINCE HENRY I say ’tis copper. Darest thou be as good as thy word now?
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PRINCE HENRY And I do say that it’s made of copper. So will you dare keep your word and beat me?
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FALSTAFF Why, Hal, thou knowest, as thou art but man, I dare, but as
thou art Prince, I fear thee as I fear the roaring of a lion’s
whelp.
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FALSTAFF Hal, know this: if you were only a man, I would dare. But since you’re also a Prince, I’m scared of you, as much as I’m scared by the roar of a lion’s cub.
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PRINCE HENRY And why not as the lion?
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PRINCE HENRY Why the cub and not the lion?
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FALSTAFF The King is to be feared as the lion. Dost thou think I’ll fear
thee as I fear thy father? Nay, an I do, I pray God my girdle
break.
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FALSTAFF Only the King is as frightening as the lion. You think I’m as scared of you as I am of your father? If I am, I pray to God for my
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