2122.11243Ford. Well wife, heere take my hand, vpon my

2122.21244soule I loue thee dearer then I do my life, and ioy I

2122.31245hnue so true and constant wife, my iealousie shall

2122.41246neuer more offend thee.

2122.51247Mi. For. Sir I am glad, & that which I haue done,

2122.61248Was nothing else but mirth and modestie.

2122.71249Pa. I misteris Ford, Falstaffe hath all the griefe,

2122.81250And in this knauerie my wife was the chiefe.

2122.91251Mi. Pa. No knauery husband, it was honest mirth.

2122.101252Hu. Indeed it was good pastimes & merriments.

2122.111253Mis. For. But sweete heart shall wee leaue olde

2122.121254 Falstaffe so?

2122.131255Mis. Pa. O by no meanes, send to him againe.

2122.141256Pa. I do not thinke heele come being so much

2122.151257deceiued.

2122.161258For. Let me alone, Ile to him once againe like

2122.171259Brooke, and know his mind whether heele come

2122.181260or not.

2122.191261Pa. There must be some plot laide, or heele not(come.

21491262Mis. Pa. Let vs alone for that. Heare my deuice.

21501263Oft haue you heard since Horne the hunter dyed,

2150.11264That women to affright their litle children,

2150.21265Ses that he walkes in shape of a great stagge.

2150.31266Now for that Falstaffe hath bene so deceiued,

2150.41267As that he dares not venture to the house,

2150.51268Weele send him word to meet vs in the field,

2150.61269 Disguised like Horne, with huge horns on his head,

2150.71270The houre shalbe iust betweene twelue and one,

2150.81271And at that time we will meet him both:

2150.91272Then would I haue you present there at hand,

21721273 With litle boyes disguised and dressed like Fayries,

2172.11274For to affright fat Falstaffe in the woods.

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