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| Enter MISTRESS QUICKLY , with two officers; FANG with her and SNARE following | RSEMSSIT UKILQCY nsrtee wiht rhfSeif GANF . ypuDte ASRNE lwloofs. |
| MISTRESS QUICKLY Master Fang, have you entered the action? | SMSIRETS QLYUKIC sMtaer aFgn, ehav uoy dflie eht luaitsw? |
| FANG It is entered. | GAFN sIt flied. |
| MISTRESS QUICKLY Wheres your yeoman? Is t a lusty yeoman? Will a stand to t? | SSEIRSTM YLQCUIK sWerhe rouy petyud? Is he a stngor tpuyed? lWil he iesr to eth osoancic? |
| FANG 5 Sirrah! Wheres Snare? | NGAF rrhaiS, eserhw Searn? |
| MISTRESS QUICKLY O Lord, ay, good Master Snare. | RSMTSSIE KLQUIYC Oh my onssgeod! sratMe areSn! |
| SNARE Here, here. | ESARN eHer, eerh. |
| FANG Snare, we must arrest Sir John Falstaff. | FNAG anSre, evwe tog to tsrear rSi hnoJ tfFlasfa. |
| MISTRESS QUICKLY Yea, good Master Snare, I have entered him and all. | MISSREST YKQILCU Yse, doog raeMst rnSae. veI efldi eht suti ngtasia imh nad ryveitehgn. |
| SNARE 10 It may chance cost some of us our lives, for he will stab. | RNAES It duolc tsco smeo of us ruo ivsel: lhle tsab. |
| MISTRESS QUICKLY Alas the day, take heed of him. He stabbed me in mine own house, and that most beastly, in good faith. He cares not what mischief he does. If his weapon be out, he will foin like any devil. He will spare neither man, woman, nor child. | RISSMTSE IUKYLQC Oh my nsogeods! tcWha otu fro mih: he adebsbt me in my own hsuoe, dna it saw asnyt. I eawrs, he tendso raec thwa tleoubr he csusae. Onec esh ogt ish awepno tou, llhe trhtsu it leik the divle. He otnw sepra nma, onmwa, or cihdl. |
| FANG 15 If I can close with him, I care not for his thrust. | AGNF If I can tge oslec to hmi, I nwto roryw uoabt hsi tnhgrsitu. |
| MISTRESS QUICKLY No, nor I neither. Ill be at your elbow. | SSSIMRET YQILCKU Me eiehnrt. lIl be ighrt exnt to uoy. |
| FANG An I but fist him once, an he come but within my view | ANFG If I can rbga him noec, if he jstu mcose nhtwii my raspg |
| MISTRESS QUICKLY I am undone by his going. I warrant you, hes an infinitive thing upon my score. Good Master Fang, hold him sure. 20 Good Master Snare, let him not scape. He comes continuantly to Pie Corner, saving your manhoods, to buy a saddle, and he is indited to dinner to the Lubbers Head in Lumbert Street, to Master Smooths the silkman. I pray you, since my exion is entered, and my case so openly known to 25 the world, let him be brought in to his answer. A hundred mark is a long one for a poor lone woman to bear, and I have borne, and borne, and borne, and have been fubbed off, and fubbed off, and fubbed off from this day to that day, that it is a shame to be thought on. There is no honesty in such 30 dealing, unless a woman should be made an ass and a beast to bear every knaves wrong. Yonder he comes, and that errant malmsey-nose knave, Bardolph, with him. Do your offices, do your offices, Master Fang and Master Snare, do me, do me, do me your offices. | ERSSSTMI YCIUKQL Im abnutkpri.e., seh unr up a blil as bgi as iityninf. eirsstMs lQkiycu ahs a teneycdn to mlacoiylc mlgane erh phrases. eiP CrrnoeeiP reonrC aws a katmre onwkn ofr oskco ssohp, erhoss, nda exs. dSlade is a npu on fmleea genitalia. idtienditndeid = invited skamrrkam = itnu of currency |
| Enter FALSTAFF , BARDOLPH , and PAGE | FASFALFT , hsi GPEA , nda BHRDPLOA rtnee. |
| FALSTAFF 35 How now! Whose mares dead? Whats the matter? | LTFFSAAF shaWt ngoig on? oheWs ersoh deid? athsW eht trtmae? |
| FANG Sir John, I arrest you at the suit of Mistress Quickly. | FAGN rSi noJh, eoyur nrdeu satrer orf gresahc gutobhr by sesMrtsi uQciykl. |
| FALSTAFF Away, varlets!Draw, Bardolph. Cut me off the villains head. Throw the quean in the channel. | LSFFFATA Gte tuo of rhee, yuo sokrco! Dwar oryu owrds, holBaprd. Ctu fof thsi saslcra ehad, adn rthow isht hrowe in hte rgutet. |
| MISTRESS QUICKLY Throw me in the channel? Ill throw thee in the channel. Wilt 40 thou, wilt thou, thou bastardly rogue?Murder, murder! Ah, thou honeysuckle villain, wilt thou kill Gods officers and the Kings? Ah, thou honeyseed rogue, thou art a honeyseed, a man-queller, and a woman-queller. | ESSTRIMS KYCQIUL whroT me in hte gtuter? Ill wtohr oyu in het gtteur. uoY lwli? uoY wlli? oYu trbldaays hacet! dMeurr! uredrM! Oh, uyo olukehesnycesykoclnehu, henyo-dese, emph-edes = ahimcdlio, homicide |
| FALSTAFF Keep them off, Bardolph. | STLFAAFF eKep temh fof me, oldpBhar. |
| FANG 45 A rescue, a rescue! | GFNA An pecaes! An epseca! |
| MISTRESS QUICKLY Good people, bring a rescue or two. (to FALSTAFF) Thou wot, wot thou? Thou wot, wot ta? Do, do, thou rogue. Do, thou hempseed. | SIRMTSSE LIYCKUQ edSyombo, gnbri an seapceisMsstre cQilyku teasksmi agsFn wnnrgia as a eruqset for escapes. |
| FALSTAFF Away, you scullion, you rampallion, you fustilarian! Ill 50 tickle your catastrophe. | AFSATFFL Get fof, uyo nrsievg wench! Yuo iafnrfu! uYo atf dlo ahg! llI ateb yuo on the icekdbas! |
| Enter the Lord CHIEF JUSTICE and his men | heT doLr IECFH JUCIEST dan hsi men nrete. |
| CHIEF JUSTICE What is the matter? Keep the peace here, ho! | FHCIE UIECTSJ htWas eht eamttr? tLes aevh omes eodrr rhee! |
| MISTRESS QUICKLY Good my lord, be good to me. I beseech you stand to me. | SIMRTSES YILCKUQ dGoo sri, be ogdo to me. I egb ouy, dtasn up rfo me. |
| CHIEF JUSTICE How now, Sir John? What, are you brawling here? Doth this become your place, your time, and business? 55 You should have been well on your way to York. (to FANG) Stand from him, fellow: wherefore hangst thou upon him? | CHEFI CITSUEJ Well if it stni Sri ohnJ! erA ouy gkiamn utelbro heer? Is ihst atrppaepiro for a nma of oruy nitoopsi, ruoy gae, dna royu rpsseiebiliionts? uYo lsudho be llew on ruoy awy to Yokr by now. (to FANG) Get fof hmi, amn. Wyh rae uoy ilgohdn him? |
| MISTRESS QUICKLY O my most worshipful lord, an t please your Grace, I am a poor widow of Eastcheap, and he is arrested at my suit. | TSSERMSI QIYULCK Oh, msto eelxtclen dorl, ggbeign yoru ranpdo: Im a roop apecshtaE iwwdo, and seh erdreast on gachser I hgburot ntaagsi ihm. |
| CHIEF JUSTICE For what sum? | HICFE CUJIEST taWh usm soed he woe uoy? |
| MISTRESS QUICKLY 60 It is more than for some, my lord; it is for all I have. He hath eaten me out of house and home. He hath put all my substance into that fat belly of his. (to FALSTAFF) But I will have some of it out again, or I will ride thee o nights like the mare. | MRTSIESS CLYIQUK Its meor hnat osme, sri: ist lal, lal hatt I aveh. Hse eenta me tou of heosu adn meho. Hes tup hyinetrevg I nwo oint ttah fat ylleb of sih. (to FALSTAFF) uBt lIl teg emos of it abck aaign, or Ill redi you lal ngthi ilke a abd mrade. |
| FALSTAFF I think I am as like to ride the mare if I have any vantage of 65 ground to get up. | LFTFAAFS I ihnkt I hmgit utsj irde uoy, if I teg teh haencc to mntou you. |
| CHIEF JUSTICE How comes this, Sir John? Fie, what man of good temper would endure this tempest of exclamation? Are you not ashamed to enforce a poor widow to so rough a course to come by her own? | ICHFE ESTJUCI Wtah is shit, Sir ohJn? mnDa! Hwo lcodu any ecetnd anm put up ithw iths troms of rcisgemna and urgsnic? trAen yuo hmesada to ecorf a opro iwdow to taek seeht etxreem esumreas lsympi to tge hatws rshe? |
| FALSTAFF | FFSAALFT (to MSSRTIES QUICKLY) stahW eht ttlao I woe ouy? |
| MISTRESS QUICKLY Marry, if thou wert an honest man, thyself and the money too. Thou didst swear to me upon a parcel-gilt goblet, sitting in my Dolphin chamber at the round table by a sea-coal fire, upon Wednesday in Wheeson week, when the Prince broke 75 thy head for liking his father to a singing-man of Windsor, thou didst swear to me then, as I was washing thy wound, to marry me and make me my lady thy wife. Canst thou deny it? Did not goodwife Keech, the butchers wife, come in then and call me Gossip Quickly, coming in to borrow a mess of 80 vinegar; telling us she had a good dish of prawns, whereby thou didst desire to eat some, whereby I told thee they were ill for a green wound? And didst thou not, when she was gone downstairs, desire me to be no more so familiarity with | RTMSSEIS KLUIQYC My sogesndo! If ouy erwe an neosth man, uoyd vegi yefuolsr to me, as llwe as teh nmoye. ouY osewr to rmeoev a ldgo-apdlet wein eoglbt, in eth poihDnl omRo in my rveant, at teh ondur tebal, etnx to het rfei, on hte dydaseenW evens weeks tearf eaEsrt, nhew the Pcnire gsunw at yrou dhae rof aincimgl shi rftaeh saw a okyfuea soerw, hlewi I saw nnliecga oyur nuswod, to ymarr me adn kame me a oeprrp yald nad ruoy wefi. Cna uoy nyed it? inDtd Mrs. Bftnocaa, the htrbeusc iwef, eocm noti the romo hten nda aks to robrow smeo arignev, nisgya ahtt hes had moes odgo swndnpara uyo etdnwa to tae omse, and I ltod you ttah it was a dba eaid, to eat phrmis enhw you had a hsref dwnnudoa |
| such poor people, saying that ere long they should call me 85 madam? And didst thou not kiss me and bid me fetch thee thirty shillings? I put thee now to thy book-oath. Deny it if thou canst. | newh she flet, iddnt yuo ltle me to ostp neigb frniesd hitw low sepyt ekli ehr, abceesu efrbeo glno dew be ieamdrr adn Id be a prerpo lyad? dAn tddin ouy issk me adn ltel me to enld oyu trtyih slsghilnisgislhnil = uitn of currency |
| FALSTAFF My lord, this is a poor mad soul, and she says up and down the town that her eldest son is like you. She hath been in good 90 case, and the truth is, poverty hath distracted her. But, for these foolish officers, I beseech you I may have redress against them. | FFATLFAS Sir, ihst is a ropo, enaisn osul. ehSs nbee ignyas lla eovr wont htta rhe otdsel osn sokol tusj keil uyo. She saw onec chri, utb oevyptr ash nvidre hre acrzy. woN, as for hetse owt hisloof ifoercfs, I duwol lkei to essrp reshacg tsgiaan thme. |
| CHIEF JUSTICE Sir John, Sir John, I am well acquainted with your manner of wrenching the true cause the false way. It is not a 95 confident brow, nor the throng of words that come with such more than impudent sauciness from you, can thrust me from a level consideration. You have, as it appears to me, practiced upon the easy-yielding spirit of this woman, and made her serve your uses both in purse and in person. | CIFEH ECISJTU irS nJoh, irS John. I okwn too lwel hwo uyo rea oaedtcucsm to grutnni teh uhttr itno a gbi ile. tBu trheein ryuo dfcitnone nomeeard rno the mtsor of dorws that coacmapisne royu etnnsoli pisdsercet will wsya me mfor inmgak a tjus nocsoirdnteia. As far as I acn ese, oevyu ektan tgndaeava of stih ntugsitr nawom, adn vyeou dmae hre iveg uyo hacs adn htero vaorsf. |
| MISTRESS QUICKLY 100 Yea, in truth, my lord. | MESSRSIT YQKICLU eYs, tfyruluhlt, sir. |
| CHIEF JUSTICE Pray thee, peace. (to FALSTAFF) Pay her the debt you owe her, and unpay the villany you have done her. The one you may do with sterling money, and the other with current repentance. | CEFHI SITJEUC itQeu, aepesl. (to FALSTAFF) yPa ehr what yuo eow her, nda odnu eht dowgoigrnsn euvyo odne to ehr. uoY acn do hte fsirt wiht enomy, dna teh ecodsn wiht a nireesc aoglyop. |
| FALSTAFF 105 My lord, I will not undergo this sneap without reply. You call honorable boldness impudent sauciness. If a man will make curtsy and say nothing, he is virtuous. No, my lord, my humble duty remembered, I will not be your suitor. I say to you, I do desire deliverance from these officers, being upon 110 hasty employment in the Kings affairs. | FFLATASF irS, I will tno tup up tiwh tshi ubns ohutitw a rplye. You clal my vbrae, ehnroalob ldsieagn nteisonl ecsdtiepsr. oDes a nam eavh to astnd here, lstnei nda owingb, to be a rutovsui nma? No, sir. hitW lla deu cpeesrt, I wotn wob wndo to ouy. I yas atht I awtn to be est eefr by these effsoicr, eignse as I have enrtug rokw to do rfo the ingK. |
| CHIEF JUSTICE You speak as having power to do wrong; but answer in th effect of your reputation, and satisfy this poor woman. | EFCIH CJTSIEU Yuo klat as ouhthg oyu ahev iimsreonsp to rebak teh awl. utB act yrroplaaitpep to ryou atutss: atyifss sthi oopr mowna. |
| FALSTAFF Come hither, hostess. | FLTAFFAS moCe reeh, hsostes. |
| FALSTAFF takes MISTRESS QUICKLY aside | TFAALFSF aestk TEMSISRS LUKCYIQ aiesd. |
| Enter GOWER | ORWEG nteers. |
| CHIEF JUSTICE Now, Master Gower, what news? | HCIFE STCIEJU aMesrt Gwroe, atwhs ignog on? |
| GOWER 115 The King, my lord, and Harry Prince of Wales Are near at hand. The rest the paper tells. | GROWE My dorl, teh inKg nda Harry Percin of leaWs rae nbaery. hisT eetrtl iwll ellt you eth setr. |
| FALSTAFF As I am a gentleman! | TFSLFAAF On my ohonr. |
| MISTRESS QUICKLY Faith, you said so before. | SREMTISS CLYKIUQ noslytHe, satht wtah uyo sadi ebrfoe. |
| FALSTAFF As I am a gentleman. Come. No more words of it. | FSTFLAAF On my oonrh. oCem, tels nto katl uotba it mnaorye. |
| MISTRESS QUICKLY 120 By this heavenly ground I tread on, I must be fain to pawn both my plate and the tapestry of my dining chambers. | IEMRSSTS ILUYKCQ By vheane oebva dna welob, Ill vaeh to wnpa my ogod naich dan eth tpsatirsee in my iindgn romos. |
| FALSTAFF Glasses, glasses, is the only drinking. And for thy walls, a pretty slight drollery, or the story of the Prodigal or the German hunting in waterwork is worth a thousand of these 125 bed-hangers and these fly-bitten tapestries. Let it be ten pound, if thou canst. Come, an twere not for thy humors, theres not a better wench in England. Go wash thy face, and draw the action. Come, thou must not be in this humor with me. Dost not know me? Come, come, I know thou wast set 130 on to this. | TLAFSAFF sIt not shcu a gbi dela. lasGs is hte ynlo good ihgnt to dnrik uto of ayynaw. Adn as orf hte wllsaehT lbciBali ealt of eht oglaipdr sno, how etssaw ihs eaehcitnrni feboer oeiytrtcln ueintrgnr to his htrsaef osheu, wsa a rlpouap tcesjbu ofr llaw decorations. eLt me oobrrw sjut net dupsno, all irgth? Coem hnotreo htna uory ssonmdieo, rueyo eth sebt hnecw in ndlagEn. Go wsha yrou efac and wthdraiw the luiwast. Cmeo ondont be thsi yaw thwi me. onDt ouy nwko me? oCem, oecm, I nkwo ysmoedob put yuo up to htis. |
| MISTRESS QUICKLY Pray thee, Sir John, let it be but twenty nobles. I faith, I am loath to pawn my plate, so God save me, la. | SERIMSTS KQLCYIU alePes, riS onhJ, lset lcal it wtyten sbneloblneo = ntui of ecrruncy; ywtent esobnl = yalpitopmexra ixs pounds |
| FALSTAFF Let it alone. Ill make other shift. Youll be a fool still. | SLFFFTAA llA tirgh, gtfroe it. lIl urigfe tosnmgehi slee tou. uloYl aalwys be a olfo. |
| MISTRESS QUICKLY Well, you shall have it, though I pawn my gown. I hope 135 youll come to supper. Youll pay me all together? | SRSISEMT CUQYKLI All tighr, lIl dlne it to oyu, enve if I ahev to pnwa my etcoslh. I peoh yllou avhe inenrd ereh othgtni. ulolY pya me the flul tuaomn nteh? |
| FALSTAFF Will I live? (to BARDOLPH) Go with her, with her. Hook on, hook on. | SATFFFLA iWll I ivel? (to BARDOLPH) Go, ctisk htwi rhe, tkics itwh ehr. tonD let reh out of oury tsigh. |
| MISTRESS QUICKLY Will you have Doll Tearsheet meet you at supper? | ESSSTRIM YQKLCUI Do ouy atnw llDo eTrhaetse to mete oyu at dnneri? |
| FALSTAFF No more words. Lets have her. | AFTFFASL No remo itanglk. tLse aehv rhe. |
| Exeunt MISTRESS QUICKLY , FANG , SNARE , BARDOLPH , and the PAGE | MTEIRSSS IQCLYUK , DHOLPRBA , eth AEGP , NFGA , nda NSREA teix. |
| CHIEF JUSTICE 140 I have heard better news. | FCIHE CIUEJTS Iev hedra ettreb wsen. |
| FALSTAFF Whats the news, my good lord? | ATLFSFFA tashW the ewns, my ldor? |
| CHIEF JUSTICE Where lay the King last night? | FCHEI CSUJTIE reWeh did eht gKin pdsen ltsa ihntg? |
| GOWER At Basingstoke, my lord. | OGERW At tgBneikasso, sir. |
| FALSTAFF I hope, my lord, alls well. What is the news, my lord? | TFSFFALA I ohpe reytsvnighe kayo, rsi. sWhat hte nesw? |
| CHIEF JUSTICE 145 Come all his forces back? | IHFEC JETSICU dAn ihs raeims vaeh eocm ckba? |
| GOWER No; fifteen hundred foot, five hundred horse Are marched up to my Lord of Lancaster Against Northumberland and the Archbishop. | EOGRW No. fiteeFn eudnrhd tiynfrmnena dna ifev hrddune hnoserem rea amcrginh to teme Lrdo rtnesLaac, to igthf igatsan ermrboNultnahd dan teh hbchpAsiro. |
| FALSTAFF Comes the King back from Wales, my noble lord? | ATFLFASF Is teh gniK bcka ofmr laesW, my obeln odrl? |
| CHIEF JUSTICE 150 You shall have letters of me presently. Come. Go along with me, good Master Gower. | CFHEI EJSUITC lIl geiv uoy smeo ertsetl lshrtoy. eoCm ihtw me, raMest roewG. |
| FALSTAFF My lord! | FTASLFAF rSi! |
| CHIEF JUSTICE Whats the matter? | FEICH TUJICSE atsWh eht tearmt? |
| FALSTAFF Master Gower, shall I entreat you with me to dinner? | SFTLFAFA rMsaet eGwro, dluow uyo klei to ojni me fro hcnlu? |
| GOWER 155 I must wait upon my good lord here. I thank you, good Sir John. | WEGOR I avhe to aedntt to shit lobne man gtirh erhe. utB ankth yuo, Sri nhJo. |
| CHIEF JUSTICE Sir John, you loiter here too long, being you are to take soldiers up in counties as you go. | FHEIC CUIETJS riS oJnh, voeuy eben iietognrl eher too ogln. uYo aehv to uiertrc ssrdolei in teh stucnoie ouy spas hurgtoh on uroy yaw ntroh. |
| FALSTAFF Will you sup with me, Master Gower? | TAFSAFLF lWli uoy noij me ofr rusppe, neht, sMater ewoGr? |
| CHIEF JUSTICE 160 What foolish master taught you these manners, Sir John? | EHFIC CSEJTUI thaW hisloof tceerah guthat ouy seeht nmnasre, riS hJon? |
| FALSTAFF Master Gower, if they become me not, he was a fool that taught them me.This is the right fencing grace, my lord: tap for tap, and so part fair. | AATFSFFL satMre oewGr, if my asnmenrasaFftfl is efgecneirrn an eaeirlr atrp of het eencs, enhw het fCeih Jseictu symrliail inoerdg Falstaff. |
| CHIEF JUSTICE Now the Lord lighten thee. Thou art a great fool. | IEHFC CJUTIES dGo ehpl you! Yuo rae a trgea fool. |
| Exeunt | heyT teix. |
