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13461243Falst. And here is my
speech;
stand a
side Nobilitie.
13471244Host. O Ie
su, this is excellent
sport ifaith.
13481245Falst. Weepe not
sweet Queene, for trickling teares are vain.
13501246Host. O the father, how he holds his countenance?
13521247Fal. For Gods
sake Lords, conuay my tru
stfull Queene,
13531248For teares do
stop the
floudgates of her eyes.
13541249Host. O Ie
su, he doth it as like one of the
se harlotrie plaiers as
13561251Falst. Peace good pint-pot, peace good tickle-braine.
13571252Harrie, I doe not onelie maruaile where thou
spende
st thy
13581253time, but al
so how thou art accompanied. For though the cam
- 13591254momill the more it is troden on, the fa
ster it growes:
so youth
13601255the more it is wa
sted, the
sooner it weares: that thou art my
son
13611256I haue partly thy mothers worde, partlie my owne opinion, but
13621257chie
flie a villainous tricke of thine eye, and a fooli
sh hanging
13631258of thy neather lippe, that dooth warrant me.
If then thou bee
13641259sonne to mee, heere lies the poynt, why beeing
sonne to me, art
13651260thou
so pointed at?
shal the ble
ssed
sunne of heauen proue a mi
- 13671261cher, and eat black-berries? a que
stion not to be a
skt. Shall the
13681262sonne of England proue a theefe, and take pur
ses? a que
stion to
13691263be a
skt. There is a thing Harry, which thou ha
st often heard of,
13701264and it is knowne to many in our land by the name of pitch. This
13711265pitch (as ancient writers do report) doth de
file,
so doth the com
- 13731266panie thou keepe
st: for Harrie now, I do not
speake to thee in
13741267drinke, but in teares; not in plea
sure but in pa
ssion: not in words
13751268onely, but in woes al
so: and yet there is a vertuous man, whom
13761269I haue often noted in thy companie, but I know not his name.
13781270Prin. What maner of man and it like your Maie
stie?
13801271Fal. A goodly portly man ifayth, and a corpulent of a cheerful
13811272looke, a plea
sing eie, and a mo
st noble cariage, and as I thinke
13821273his age
some
fiftie, or birladie inclining to three
score, and nowe
13831274I remember me, his name is
Falstalffe, if that man
shoulde bee
13841275lewdly giuen, hee deceiueth me. For Harry, I
see vertue in his
13851276lookes: if then the tree may bee knowne by the fruit, as the fruit
13871277by the tree, then peremptorily I
speake it, there is vertue in that
13881278Falstalffe, him keepe with, the re
st bani
sh, and tell me now thou
13891279naughtie varlet, tell me where ha
st thou beene this month?
Pr.