No Fear Shakespeare: The Merry Wives of Windsor: Act 1 Scene 2

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Enter SIR HUGH EVANS and SIMPLE.	Enter SIR HUGH EVANS and SIMPLE.
SIR HUGH 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 5 washer and his wringer.	SIR HUGH 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 5 washer and his wringer.
SIMPLE Well, sir.	SIMPLE Well, sir.
SIR HUGH Nay, it is petter yet. Give her this letter (handing him a paper) , for it is a ’oman that altogether’s acquaintance with Mistress Anne Page; 10 and the letter is to desire and require her to solicit your master’s desires to Mistress Anne Page. I pray you, be gone. I will make an end of my dinner; there’s pippins and cheese to come.	SIR HUGH Nay, it is petter yet. Give her this letter (handing him a paper) , for it is a ’oman that altogether’s acquaintance with Mistress Anne Page; 10 and the letter is to desire and require her to solicit your master’s desires to Mistress Anne Page. I pray you, be gone. I will make an end of my dinner; there’s pippins and cheese to come.
They exit.	They exit.

Original Text	Modern Text
Enter SIR HUGH EVANS and SIMPLE.	Enter SIR HUGH EVANS and SIMPLE.
SIR HUGH 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 5 washer and his wringer.	SIR HUGH 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 5 washer and his wringer.
SIMPLE Well, sir.	SIMPLE Well, sir.
SIR HUGH Nay, it is petter yet. Give her this letter (handing him a paper) , for it is a ’oman that altogether’s acquaintance with Mistress Anne Page; 10 and the letter is to desire and require her to solicit your master’s desires to Mistress Anne Page. I pray you, be gone. I will make an end of my dinner; there’s pippins and cheese to come.	SIR HUGH Nay, it is petter yet. Give her this letter (handing him a paper) , for it is a ’oman that altogether’s acquaintance with Mistress Anne Page; 10 and the letter is to desire and require her to solicit your master’s desires to Mistress Anne Page. I pray you, be gone. I will make an end of my dinner; there’s pippins and cheese to come.
They exit.	They exit.