2345Host. Speake not to me
sir, my mind is heauie,
¶I haue had a great lo
sse.
¶Fen. Yet heare me, and as I am a gentleman,
¶Ile giue you a hundred pound toward your lo
sse.
2350Host. Well
sir Ile heare you, and at lea
st keep your
¶Fen. Thẽ thus my ho
st. Tis not vnknown to you,
¶The feruent loue I beare to young
Anne Page,
¶And mutally her loue againe to mee:
¶But her father
still again
st her choi
se,
¶Doth
seeke to marrie her to fooli
sh
Slender,
¶And in a robe of white this night di
sgui
sed,
2360Wherein fat
Falstaffe had a mightie
scare,
2380Mu
st
Slender take her and carrie her to
Catlen,
2380.1And there vnknowne to any, marrie her.
¶Now her mother
still again
st that match,
¶And firme for Doctor
Cayus, in a robe of red
¶By her deuice, the Doctor mu
st
steale her thence,
¶And
she hath giuen con
sent to goe with him.
¶Host. Now which means
she to deceiue, father or
_mother?
¶Fen. Both my good Ho
st, to go along with me.
¶ Now here it re
sts, that you would procure a prie
st,
¶And tarrie readie at the appointment place,
2395To giue our harts vnited matrimonie.
2395.1Host. But how will you come to
steale her from
¶Fen. That hath
sweet
Nan and I agreed vpon,
¶And by a robe of white, the which
she weares,
¶With ribones pendant flaring bout her head,
.5I
shalbe
sure to know her, and conuey her thence,
¶And bring her where the prie
st abides our cõming,
¶And by thy furtherance there be married.
¶Host. Well, hu
sband your deuice, Ile to the Vicar,
¶Bring you the maide, you
shall not lacke a Prie
st.
¶Fen. So
shall I euermore be bound vnto thee.
¶Be
sides Ile alwaies be thy faithfull friend.
