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Enter MISTRESS PAGE, MISTRESS FORD, and DOCTOR CAIUS.
Enter MISTRESS PAGE, MISTRESS FORD, and DOCTOR CAIUS.
MISTRESS PAGE
Master Doctor, my daughter is in
green. When you see your time, take her by the
hand; away with her to the deanery, and dispatch
it quickly. Go before into the park. We two must go
5
together.
MISTRESS PAGE
Master Doctor, my daughter is in
green. When you see your time, take her by the
hand; away with her to the deanery, and dispatch
it quickly. Go before into the park. We two must go
5
together.
DOCTOR CAIUS
I know vat I have to do. Adieu.
DOCTOR CAIUS
I know vat I have to do. Adieu.
MISTRESS PAGE
Fare you well, sir. CAIUS exits.
My husband will not rejoice so much at the abuse
of Falstaff as he will chafe at the doctor’s marrying
10
my daughter. But ’tis no matter. Better a little chiding
than a great deal of heartbreak.
MISTRESS PAGE
Fare you well, sir. CAIUS exits.
My husband will not rejoice so much at the abuse
of Falstaff as he will chafe at the doctor’s marrying
10
my daughter. But ’tis no matter. Better a little chiding
than a great deal of heartbreak.
MISTRESS FORD
Where is Nan now, and her troop of
fairies, and the Welsh devil Hugh?
MISTRESS FORD
Where is Nan now, and her troop of
fairies, and the Welsh devil Hugh?
MISTRESS PAGE
They are all couched in a pit hard by
15
Herne’s oak, with obscured lights, which, at the
very instant of Falstaff’s and our meeting, they will
at once display to the night.
MISTRESS PAGE
They are all couched in a pit hard by
15
Herne’s oak, with obscured lights, which, at the
very instant of Falstaff’s and our meeting, they will
at once display to the night.
MISTRESS FORD
That cannot choose but amaze him.
MISTRESS FORD
That cannot choose but amaze him.
MISTRESS PAGE
If he be not amazed, he will be
20
mocked. If he be amazed, he will every way be
mocked.
MISTRESS PAGE
If he be not amazed, he will be
20
mocked. If he be amazed, he will every way be
mocked.
MISTRESS FORD
We’ll betray him finely.
MISTRESS FORD
We’ll betray him finely.
MISTRESS PAGE
Against such lewdsters and their lechery,
Those that betray them do no treachery.
MISTRESS PAGE
Against such lewdsters and their lechery,
Those that betray them do no treachery.
MISTRESS FORD
25
The hour draws on. To the oak, to the
oak!
MISTRESS FORD
25
The hour draws on. To the oak, to the
oak!
They exit.
They exit.

Original Text

Modern Text
Enter MISTRESS PAGE, MISTRESS FORD, and DOCTOR CAIUS.
Enter MISTRESS PAGE, MISTRESS FORD, and DOCTOR CAIUS.
MISTRESS PAGE
Master Doctor, my daughter is in
green. When you see your time, take her by the
hand; away with her to the deanery, and dispatch
it quickly. Go before into the park. We two must go
5
together.
MISTRESS PAGE
Master Doctor, my daughter is in
green. When you see your time, take her by the
hand; away with her to the deanery, and dispatch
it quickly. Go before into the park. We two must go
5
together.
DOCTOR CAIUS
I know vat I have to do. Adieu.
DOCTOR CAIUS
I know vat I have to do. Adieu.
MISTRESS PAGE
Fare you well, sir. CAIUS exits.
My husband will not rejoice so much at the abuse
of Falstaff as he will chafe at the doctor’s marrying
10
my daughter. But ’tis no matter. Better a little chiding
than a great deal of heartbreak.
MISTRESS PAGE
Fare you well, sir. CAIUS exits.
My husband will not rejoice so much at the abuse
of Falstaff as he will chafe at the doctor’s marrying
10
my daughter. But ’tis no matter. Better a little chiding
than a great deal of heartbreak.
MISTRESS FORD
Where is Nan now, and her troop of
fairies, and the Welsh devil Hugh?
MISTRESS FORD
Where is Nan now, and her troop of
fairies, and the Welsh devil Hugh?
MISTRESS PAGE
They are all couched in a pit hard by
15
Herne’s oak, with obscured lights, which, at the
very instant of Falstaff’s and our meeting, they will
at once display to the night.
MISTRESS PAGE
They are all couched in a pit hard by
15
Herne’s oak, with obscured lights, which, at the
very instant of Falstaff’s and our meeting, they will
at once display to the night.
MISTRESS FORD
That cannot choose but amaze him.
MISTRESS FORD
That cannot choose but amaze him.
MISTRESS PAGE
If he be not amazed, he will be
20
mocked. If he be amazed, he will every way be
mocked.
MISTRESS PAGE
If he be not amazed, he will be
20
mocked. If he be amazed, he will every way be
mocked.
MISTRESS FORD
We’ll betray him finely.
MISTRESS FORD
We’ll betray him finely.
MISTRESS PAGE
Against such lewdsters and their lechery,
Those that betray them do no treachery.
MISTRESS PAGE
Against such lewdsters and their lechery,
Those that betray them do no treachery.
MISTRESS FORD
25
The hour draws on. To the oak, to the
oak!
MISTRESS FORD
25
The hour draws on. To the oak, to the
oak!
They exit.
They exit.
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