Act 2
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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.
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MISTRESS QUICKLY Please, Sir John, let’s call it
twenty noblesnoble = unit of currency; twenty nobles = approximately six pounds twenty nobles . I don’t want to have to pawn my china, in God’s name! |
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FALSTAFF Let it alone. I’ll make other shift. You’ll be a fool still.
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FALSTAFF All right, forget it. I’ll figure something else out. You’ll always be a fool.
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MISTRESS QUICKLY Well, you shall have it, though I pawn my gown. I hope
135you’ll come to supper. You’ll pay me all together?
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MISTRESS QUICKLY All right, I’ll lend it to you, even if I have to pawn my clothes. I hope you’ll have dinner here tonight. You’ll pay me the full amount then?
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FALSTAFF Will I live? (to BARDOLPH) Go with her, with her. Hook on,
hook on.
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FALSTAFF Will I live? (to BARDOLPH) Go, stick with her, stick with her. Don’t let her out of your sight.
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MISTRESS QUICKLY Will you have Doll Tearsheet meet you at supper?
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MISTRESS QUICKLY Do you want Doll Tearsheet to meet you at dinner?
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FALSTAFF No more words. Let’s have her.
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FALSTAFF No more talking. Let’s have her.
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Exeunt MISTRESS QUICKLY, FANG, SNARE, BARDOLPH, and the PAGE
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MISTRESS QUICKLY, BARDOLPH, the PAGE, FANG, and SNARE exit.
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CHIEF JUSTICE
140I have heard better news.
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CHIEF JUSTICE I’ve heard better news.
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FALSTAFF What’s the news, my good lord?
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FALSTAFF What’s the news, my lord?
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CHIEF JUSTICE Where lay the King last night?
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CHIEF JUSTICE Where did the King spend last night?
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GOWER At Basingstoke, my lord.
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GOWER At Basingstoke, sir.
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FALSTAFF I hope, my lord, all’s well. What is the news, my lord?
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FALSTAFF I hope everything’s okay, sir. What’s the news?
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CHIEF JUSTICE
145Come all his forces back?
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CHIEF JUSTICE And his armies have come back?
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