I will entertain Bardolph; he shall draw, he shall tap : faid I well, bully Hector? Fal. Do fo, good mine hoft. Hoft. I have fpoke; let him follow: Let me fee thee froth, and lime: I am at a word; follow. [Exit Hoft. Fal. Bardolph, follow him; a tapfter is a good trade: An old cloak makes a new jerkin; a wither'd servingman, a fresh tapfter: Go; adieu. Bard. It is a life that I have defired: I will thrive. m [Exit Bard. Pift. O bafe Gongarian wight! wilt thou the spigot wield? Nym. He was gotten in drink: Is not the humour conceited? His mind is not heroic, and there's the "humour of it. Fal. I am glad, I am fo acquit of this tinderbox; his thefts were too open: his filching was like an unskilful finger, he kept not time. P Nym. The good humour is, to fteal at a minute's rest; Piff. Convey, the wife it call: Steal! foh; a fico for the phrafe! Fal. Well, firs, I am almoft out at heels. Pist. Why then, let kibes enfue. Fal. There is no remedy; I must cony-catch, I must Shift. Pift. Young ravens must have food. Fal. Which of you know Ford of this town? froth, and lime :-make the beer carry a head, and the fack sparkle, by means of foap and lime-froth and live. m Gongarian]-Hungarian-hungry. bumour of it.] a cant phrafe that marks the character of Nym. • tinderbox ;]-red faced rafcal, by whofe indifcretion we were in danger of being blown up. Pat a minute's reft.]-minim's-with the greateft difpatchw a muft cony-catch, I must shift.]-trick, cheat, find our fome indirect expedient to fubfift on. N 2 Pift. Pift. I ken the wight; he is of fubftance good. Fal. No quips now, Piftol: Indeed, I am in the waist two yards about: but I am now about no wafte; I am about thrift. Briefly, I do mean to make love to Ford's wife; I fpy entertainment in her; she discourses, she carves, The gives the leer of invitation: I can conftrue the action of her familiar ftile; and the hardest voice of her behaviour, to be Englished rightly, is, I am fir John Falstaff's. Pift. He hath study'd her will, and translated her will, out of honesty into English. t Nym. The anchor is deep: Will that humour pass? Fal. Now, the report goes, fhe has all the rule of her husband's purse; fhe hath a legion of angels. Pift. As many devils "entertain; and, To her, boy, say I. Nym. The humour rifes; it is good: humour me the angels. Fal. I have writ me here a letter to her: and here another to Page's wife; who even now gave me good eyes too, examined my parts with moft judicious " eyliads: fometimes the beam of her view gilded my foot, fometimes my portly belly. Pift. Then did the fun on dung-hill fhine. • about no rafte;] "Your means are very flender, and you waste great." "I would my means were greater, and my waist flenderer." HENRY IV, Part II, A& I, S. 2. Ch. Juft. and Fal. s tranflated her will, out of honesty into English.]-interpreted her easy carriage into a downright declaration of love. "Did in great Ilion thus tranflate him to me." TROILUS AND CRESSIDA, Act IV, S. 5. Ulyfs. The anchor is deep :-He hath good anchor-hold; his hopes are well founded:-or, fhe was hard to fathom. "entertain;]-attend her-enter in her. W eyliads:glances-ceillades. Nym. Nym. I thank thee for that humour. : Fal. O, fhe did fo courfe-o'er my exteriors with fuch a greedy intention, that the appetite of her eye did seem to scorch me up like a burning-glass! Here's another letter to her fhe bears the purfe too; fhe is a region in Guiana, all gold and bounty. I will be cheater to them both, and they shall be exchequers to me; they fhall be my Eaft and West Indies, and I will trade to them both. Go, bear thou this letter to mistress Page; and thou this to mistress Ford: we will thrive, lads, we will thrive. a 2 Pift. Shall I fir Pandarus of Troy become, And by my fide wear fteel? then, Lucifer take all ! Nym. I will run no bafe humour: here, take the humour letter; I will keep the haviour of reputation. Fal. Hold, firrah, bear you these letters rightly; Sail like my 'pinnace to these golden fhores. [To Robin. Rogues, hence, avaunt! vanish like hail ftones, go; Trudge, plod, away, o' the hoof; seek shelter, pack! Falstaff will learn the humour of this age, French thrift, you rogues; myself, and skirted page. [Exeunt Falstaff and Boy, Pift. Let vultures gripe thy guts! for gourd, and fullam holds ; And high and low beguiles the rich and poor : * with fuch a greedy intention,]-fo eagerly. cheater]-efcheator, who certifies the King's forfeitures in the ex chequer. "I will bar no honest man my house, nor no cheater." 2 exchequers]-funds, treasuries. a fir Pandarus of Troy become,]-turn pimp. b tightly. pinnace]-a fmall bark attending a large fhip; a man of war's boat. gourd, and fullam holds ;-false dice, hollowed and loaded; high and low men. Nym. I have operations in my head, which be humours of revenge. Pift. Wilt thou revenge? Nym. By welkin, and her star! Pift. With wit, or steel? Nym. With both the humours, I; с I will difcufs the humour of this love to Page How Falstaff, varlet vile, His dove will prove, his gold will hold, Nym. My humour fhall not cool: I will incenfe Page to deal with poison; I will poffefs him with yellowness, for the revolt of mien is dangerous: that is my true humour. Pift. Thou art the Mars of malecontents: I fecond thee; troop on. SCENE IV. Dr. Caius's House. [Exeunt. Enter Mrs. Quickly, Simple, and John Rugby. Quic. What; John Rugby!-I pray thee, go to the cafement, and fee if you can see my mafter, mafter Doctor Caius, coming: if he do, i'faith, and find any body in the house, here will be an old abufing of God's patience, and the king's English. to Ford. foto Page. I will poffefs him with yellowness, for the revolt of mien is dangerous with jealoufy, whereof that colour was held to be a fymptom; -fuch a change of complexion is beft fuited to my revenge, a jealous husband being the most dangerous of enemies-this revolt of mine. h an old abufing-old is an augmentative term only. 66 news, old news." TAMING OF THE SHREW, A& III, S. 2. Bion. "he should have old turning the key." MACBETH, A&t II, S. 3. Port. "Then here will be old utis." HENRY IV, Part II, A& II, S. 4. 1 Draw. Rug Rug. I'll go watch. i [Exit Rugby. Quic. Go; and we'll have a poffet for't soon at night, in faith, at the latter end of a fea-coal fire. An honest, willing, kind fellow, as ever fervant fhall come in house withal; and, I warrant you, no tell-tale, nor *no breedbare his worst fault is, that he is given to prayer; he is fomething 'peevish that way: but no body but has his fault; but let that pafs. Peter Simple, you say your name is ? Sim. Ay, for fault of a better. Quic. And mafter Slender's your master? Sim. Ay, forfooth. Quic. Does he not wear a great round beard, like a glover's paring knife? Sim. No, forfooth: he hath but a little "wee face, with a little yellow beard; a cane colour'd beard. n Quic. A foftly-fprighted man, is he not? Sim. Ay, forfooth: but he is as tall a man of his hands, as any is between this and his head; he hath fought with a warrener. Quic. How fay you?oh, I should remember him; Does he not hold up his head, as it were? and strut in his gait ? Sim. Yes, indeed, does he. Quic. Well, heaven fend Anne Page no worse fortune! Tell mafter parfon Evans, I will do what I can for your master: Anne is a good girl, and I wish— i at the latter end of a sea coal fire.]—when my master is in bed. "This four informer, this bate breeding spy." 1 peevish]-precife. wee]-diminutive-a wee bitwhee-weazle; or whey. "Cain colour'd-Cain and Judas were usually reprefented with yellow beards. as tall a man of his hands,]-as ftout or bold, as any man of his in ches. N 4 Re-enter |