20041846Fal. Bardoll, am I not falne away vilely
since this la
st a
ction?
20051847do I not bate? do I not dwindle? Why, my
skinne hangs about
20061848me like an old Ladies loo
se gowne. I am withered like an oulde
20071849apple Iohn. Well, ile repent and that
suddainly, while I am in
G2. some
The history
20081850some liking, I
shall be out of heart
shortly, and then I
shall haue
20091851no
strength to repent. And I haue not forgotten what the in
side
20111852of a Church is made of, I am a Pepper corne, a brewers Hor
se,
20121853the in
side of a Church. Company, villainous company, hath been
20141855Bar. Sir Iohn, you are
so fretfull you cannot liue long.
20161856Fal. Why, there is it; come
sing me a bawdie
song, make me
20171857merry. I was as vertuou
sly giuen as a gentleman need to be, ver
- 20181858tuous enough,
swore little, dic't not aboue
seuen times a weeke,
20191859went to a baudy hou
se not aboue once in a quarter of an houre,
20201860paid money that I borrowed three or foure times, liued wel, and
20211861in good compa
sse, and nowe I liue out of all order, out of all
20241863Bar. Why, you are
so fat,
sir Iohn, that you mu
st needes be out
20251864of all compa
sse: out of all rea
sonable compa
sse,
sir Iohn.
20271865Fal. Do thou amend thy face, and ile amend my life: thou art
20281866our Admiral, thou beare
st the lanterne in the poope, but tis in the
20291867no
se of thee: thou art the knight of the burning lampe.
20311868Bar. Why,
sir Iohn, my face does you no harme.
20321869Fal. No ile be
sworn, I make as good v
se of it as many a man
20331870doth of a deaths head, or a
memento mori. I neuer
see thy face,
20341871but I thinke vpon hell
fire, and Diues that liued in Purple: for
20351872there he is in his robes burning, burning. If thou wert any waie
20361873giuen to vertue, I would
sweare by thy face: my oath
should be
20371874by this
fire that Gods Angell. But thou art altogether giuen o
- 20381875uer: and wert indeede but for the light in thy face, the
sonne of
20391876vtter darkene
sse. When thou ran
st vp Gad
shill in the night to
20411877catch my hor
se, if I did not thinke thou had
st beene an
ignis fa- or a ball of wildfire, theres no purchase in money. O thou
20431879art a perpetuall triumph, an euerla
sting bone
fire light, thou ha
st 20441880saued me a thou
sand Markes in Linkes, and Torches, walking
20451881with thee in the night betwixt tauerne and tauerne: but the
sacke
20471882that thou ha
st drunke me, would haue bought me lights as good
20481883cheape, at the deare
st Chandlers in Europe. I haue maintained
20491884that Sallamander of yours with
fire any time this two and thirty
20511886Bar. Zbloud, I would my face were in your belly.
20521887Fal. Godamercy,
so
should I be
sure to be hartburnt.
How
of Henrie the fourth.
20541888How now dame Partlet the hen, haue you enquird
Enter host.
20561890Hostesse. Why
sir Iohn, what do you thinke
sir Iohn, doe you
20571891thinke I keepe theeues in my hou
se, I haue
searcht, I haue en
- 20581892quired,
so has my hu
sband, man by man, boy by boy,
seruant by
20591893seruant, the tight of a haire, was neuer lo
st in my hou
se before.
20611894Fal. Yee lie Ho
ste
sse, Bardoll was
shau'd, and lo
st manie a
20621895haire, and ile be
sworne my pocket was pickt: go to, you are a
20641897Ho. Who I. No,
I de
fie thee: Gods light I was neuer cald
so in
20661899Fal. Go to. I know you well inough.
20671900Ho. No,
sir
Iohn, you do not know me,
sir Iohn, I knowe you
20681901sir Iohn, you owe me mony
sir Iohn, and now you picke a quar
- 20691902rell to beguile me of it, I bought you a douzen of
shirts to your
20711904Falst. Doulas,
filthie Doulas. I haue giuen them away to Ba
- 20721905kers wiues, they haue made boulters of them.
20741906Host. Now as I am a true woman, holland of viii s. an ell, you
20751907owe mony here, be
sides
sir Iohn, for your diet, and bydrinkings,
20761908and money lent you xxiiii. pound.
20781909Falst. He had his part of it, let him pay.
20791910Host. He, alas he is poore, he hath nothing.
20811911Fal. How? poore? looke vpon his face. What call you rich? let
20821912them coyne his no
se, let them coyne his cheekes, ile not pay a
20831913denyer: what will you make a yonker of mee?
shall I not take
20841914mine ea
se in mine Inne, but I
shall haue my pocket pickt? I haue
20851915lo
st a
seale ring of my grandfathers worth fortie marke.
20871916Ho. O Ie
su,
I haue heard the Prince tell him I know not how
20891918Falst. How? the prince is a iacke, a
sneakeup, Zbloud and hee
20901919were here, I would cudgell him like a dog if he would
say
so.
20921920Enter the prince marching, and Falstalffe meetes him 20931921playing vpon his trunchion like a fife. 20951922Falst. How now lad, is the winde in that doore ifaith, mu
st we
20971924Bar. Yea, two, and two, Newgate fa
shion.
20981925Host. My Lord, I pray you heare me.
G.iii Prin.
The Historie
20991926Pr. What
sai
st thou mi
stris quickly, how doth thy hu
sband?
21001927I loue him well, he is an hone
st man.
21031929Falst. Preethe let her alone, and li
st to me.
21051931Falst. The other night I fel a
sleepe here, behind the Arras, and
21061932had my pocket pickt, this hou
se is turn'd baudy hou
se, they pick
21081934Prin. What did
st thou loo
se iacke?
21091935Fal. Wilt thou beleeue me Hall, three or foure bonds of forty
21101936pound a peece, and a
seale ring of my grandfathers.
21121937Prin. A tri
fle,
some eight penie matter.
21131938Host. So I told him my Lord, and I
said I heard your grace
say
21141939so: & my lord he
speakes mo
st vilely of you, like a foule mouthd
21151940man as he is, and
said he would cudgel you.
21181942Ho. Theres neither faith, truth, nor womanhood in me el
se.
21201943Fal. Theres no more faith in thee then in a
stued prune, nor
21211944no more truth in thee then in a drawn fox, and for womandood
21221945maid marion may be the deputies wife of the ward to thee. Go
21241947Host. Say what thing, what thing?
21251948Fal. What thing? why a thing to thanke God on.
21261949Ho. I am nothing to thanke God on, I would thou
should
st 21271950know it, I am an hone
st mans wife, and
setting thy knighthood
21281951a
side, thou art a knaue to call me
so.
21291952Fal. Setting thy womanhood a
side, thou art a bea
st to
say o
- 21311954Host. Say, what bea
st, thou knaue thou?
21321955Falst. What bea
st? why an Otter.
21331956Prin. An Otter
sir
Iohn, why an Otter?
21341957Falst. Why?
shees neither
fish nor
fle
sh, a man knowes not
21361959Host. Thou art an vniu
st man in
saying
so, thou or anie man
21371960knowes where to haue me, thou knaue thou.
21381961Prin. Thou
sai
st true ho
ste
sse, and hee
slaunders thee mo
st 21401963Host. So hee doth you my Lord, and
saide this other day you
ought
of Henrie the fourth.
21421965Prin. Sirrha, do I owe you a thou
sand pound?
21431966Falst. A thou
sand pound Hall? a million, thy loue is worth a
21441967million, thou owe
st me thy loue.
21451968Host. Nay my Lord, he cald you iacke, and
saide hee woulde
21481971Bar. Indeed
sir Iohn you
said
so.
21491972Fal. Yea, if he
said my ring was copper.
21501973Prin. I
say tis copper, dare
st thou be as good as thy word now?
21521974Falst. Why Hall? Thou knowe
st as thou art but man I dare,
21531975but as thou art prince, I feare thee as I feare the roaring of the
21561978Fal. The king him
selfe is to be feared as the Lion, doe
st thou
21571979thinke ile feare thee as I feare thy father? nay and I doo,
I pray
21591981Prin. O, if it
should, howe woulde thy guts fall about thy
21601982knees? but
sirrha, theres no roome for faith, trueth, nor hone
- 21611983stie, in this bo
some of thine. It is all
fild vp with guttes, and mid
- 21621984ri
ffe. Charge an hone
st woman with picking thy pocket, why
21631985thou hore
son impudent imbo
st ra
scall, if there were anie thing
21641986in thy pocket but tauerne reckonings, memorandums of baudie
21651987hou
ses, and one poore peniworth of
sugar-candie to make thee
21671988long winded, if thy pocket were inricht with any other iniuries
21681989but the
se; I am a villain, and yet you will
stand to it, you will not
21691990pocket vp wrong, art thou not a
shamed?
21711991Fal. Doe
st thou heare Hall, thou knowe
st in the
state of inno
- 21721992cencie Adam fell, & what
should poore iacke Fal
stalfe do in the
21731993daies of villanie? thou
see
st I haue more
fle
sh then another man,
21741994& therfore more frailty. You confe
sse then you pickt my pocket.
21761995Prin. It appeares
so by the
storie.
21771996Fal. Ho
ste
sse, I forgiue thee, go make ready breakfa
st, loue thy
21781997hu
sband, looke to thy
seruaunts, cheri
sh thy ghe
sse, thou
shalt
21801998find me tra
ctable to any hone
st rea
son, thou
see
st I am paci
fied
21811999still, nay preethe be gone.
Exit Hostesse 21842000Now Hal, to the newes at court for the robbery lad, how is that
Prin.
The Historie
21862002Prin. O my
sweet beo
ffe, I mu
st still bee good angel to thee,
21892004Fal. O I do not like that paying backe, tis a double labor.
21912005Prin. I am good friends with my father and may do any thing
21932006Fal. Rob me the exchequer the
fir
st thing thou doe
st, and doe
21962009Prin. I haue procured thee Iacke a charge of foot.
21972010Fal. I would it had been of hor
se. Where
shall I
finde one that
21982011can
steale well. O for a
fine thiefe of the age of xxii. or therea
- 21992012bouts: I am hainou
sly vnprouided. Well, God be thanked for
22002013the
se rebels, they o
ffende none but the vertuous;
I laude them, I
Bar. My Lord.
22042016Prin. Go beare this letter to Lord Iohn of Lanca
ster,
22052017To my brother Iohn, this to my lord of We
stmerland.
22062018Go Peto to hor
se, to hor
se, for thou and I
22072019Haue thirty miles to ride yet ere dinner time,
22082020Iacke, meete me to morrow in the temple haule
22092021At two of clocke in the afternoone,
22102022There
shalt thou know thy charge, and there receiue
22112023Money and order for their furniture,
22122024The land is burning, Percy
stands on high,
22132025And either we or they mu
st lower lie.
22142026Fal. Rare words, braue world ho
ste
sse, my breakfa
st come,
22162027Oh I could wi
sh this tauerne were my drum.