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The Merry Wives of Windsor (Quarto 1, 1602)

Author: William Shakespeare
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the merry Wives of Windsor.
2122.1Ford. Well wife, heere take my hand, vpon my
soule I loue thee dearer then I do my life, and ioy I
hnue so true and constant wife, my iealousie shall
neuer more offend thee.
.5Mi. For. Sir I am glad, & that which I haue done,
Was nothing else but mirth and modestie.
Pa. I misteris Ford, Falstaffe hath all the griefe,
And in this knauerie my wife was the chiefe.
Mi. Pa. No knauery husband, it was honest mirth.
.10Hu. Indeed it was good pastimes & merriments.
Mis. For. But sweete heart shall wee leaue olde
Falstaffe so?
Mis.Pa. O by no meanes, send to him againe.
Pa. I do not thinke heele come being so much
.15deceiued.
For. Let me alone, Ile to him once againe like
Brooke, and know his mind whether heele come
or not.
Pa. There must be some plot laide, or heele not
Mis. Pa. Let vs alone for that. Heare my deuice.
2150Oft haue you heard since Horne the hunter dyed,
2150.1That women to affright their litle children,
Ses that he walkes in shape of a great stagge.
Now for that Falstaffe hath bene so deceiued,
As that he dares not venture to the house,
.5Weele send him word to meet vs in the field,
Disguised like Horne, with huge horns on his head,
The houre shalbe iust betweene twelue and one,
And at that time we will meet him both:
Then would I haue you present there at hand,
With litle boyes disguised and dressed like Fayries,
2172.1For to affright fat Falstaffe in the woods.
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