Henry IV, Part 2 (Folio 1 1623)

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The second Part of King Henry the Fourth. 87

 1613whereby he thought to be accommodated, which is an
 1614excellent thing.
 
 1615Enter Falstaffe.
 
 1616Shal. It is very iust: Looke, heere comes good Sir
 1617Iohn. Giue me your hand, giue me your Worships good
 1618hand: Trust me, you looke well: and beare your yeares
 1619very well. Welcome, good Sir Iohn.
 1620Fal. I am glad to see you well, good M. Robert Shal-
 1621low: Master Sure-card as I thinke?
 1622Shal. No sir Iohn, it is my Cosin Silence: in Commissi-
 1623on with mee.
 1624Fal. Good M. Silence, it well befits you should be of
 1625the peace.
 1626Sil. Your good Worship is welcome.
 1627Fal. Fye, this is hot weather (Gentlemen) haue you
 1628prouided me heere halfe a dozen of sufficient men?
 1629Shal. Marry haue we sir: Will you sit?
 1630Fal. Let me see them, I beseech you.
 1631Shal. Where's the Roll? Where's the Roll? Where's
 1632the Roll? Let me see, let me see, let me see: so, so, so, so:
 1633yea marry Sir. Raphe Mouldie: let them appeare as I call:
 1634let them do so, let them do so: Let mee see, Where is
 1635Mouldie?
 1636Moul. Heere, if it please you.
 1637Shal. What thinke you (Sir Iohn) a good limb'd fel-
 1638low: yong, strong, and of good friends.
 1639Fal. Is thy name Mouldie?
 1640Moul. Yea, if it please you.
 1641Fal. 'Tis the more time thou wert vs'd.
 1642Shal. Ha, ha, ha, most excellent. Things that are moul-
 1643die, lacke vse: very singular good. Well saide Sir Iohn,
 1644very well said.
 1645Fal. Pricke him.
 1646Moul. I was prickt well enough before, if you could
 1647haue let me alone: my old Dame will be vndone now, for
 1648one to doe her Husbandry, and her Drudgery; you need
 1649not to haue prickt me, there are other men fitter to goe
 1650out, then I.
 1651Fal. Go too: peace Mouldie, you shall goe. Mouldie,
 1652it is time you were spent.
 1653Moul. Spent?
 1654Shallow. Peace, fellow, peace; stand aside: Know you
 1655where you are? For the other sir Iohn: Let me see: Simon
 1656Shadow.
 1657Fal. I marry, let me haue him to sit vnder: he's like to
 1658be a cold souldier.
 1659Shal. Where's Shadow?
 1660Shad. Heere sir.
 1661Fal. Shadow, whose sonne art thou?
 1662Shad. My Mothers sonne, Sir.
 1663Falst. Thy Mothers sonne: like enough, and thy Fa-
 1664thers shadow: so the sonne of the Female, is the shadow
 1665of the Male: it is often so indeede, but not of the Fathers
 1666substance.
 1667Shal. Do you like him, sir Iohn?
 1668Falst. Shadow will serue for Summer: pricke him: For
 1669wee haue a number of shadowes to fill vppe the Muster-
 1670Booke.
 1671Shal. Thomas Wart?
 1672Falst. Where's he?
 1673Wart. Heere sir.
 1674Falst. Is thy name Wart?
 1675Wart. Yea sir.
 1676Fal. Thou art a very ragged Wart.
 

 1677Shal. Shall I pricke him downe,
 1678Sir Iohn?
 1679Falst. It were superfluous: for his apparrel is built vp-
 1680on his backe, and the whole frame stands vpon pins: prick
 1681him no more.
 1682Shal. Ha, ha, ha, you can do it sir: you can doe it: I
 1683commend you well.
 1684Francis Feeble.
 1685Feeble. Heere sir.
 1686Shal. What Trade art thou Feeble?
 1687Feeble. A Womans Taylor sir.
 1688Shal. Shall I pricke him, sir?
 1689Fal. You may:
 1690But if he had beene a mans Taylor, he would haue prick'd
 1691you. Wilt thou make as many holes in an enemies Bat-
 1692taile, as thou hast done in a Womans petticote?
 1693Feeble. I will doe my good will sir, you can haue no
 1694more.
 1695Falst. Well said, good Womans Tailour: Well sayde
 1696Couragious Feeble: thou wilt bee as valiant as the wrath-
 1697full Doue, or most magnanimous Mouse. Pricke the wo-
 1698mans Taylour well Master Shallow, deepe Maister Shal-
 1699low. 
 1700Feeble. I would Wart might haue gone sir.
 1701Fal. I would thou wert a mans Tailor, that yu might'st
 1702mend him, and make him fit to goe. I cannot put him to
 1703a priuate souldier, that is the Leader of so many thou-
 1704sands. Let that suffice, most Forcible Feeble.
 1705Feeble. It shall suffice.
 1706Falst. I am bound to thee, reuerend Feeble. Who is
 1707the next?
 1708Shal. Peter Bulcalfe of the Greene.
 1709Falst. Yea marry, let vs see Bulcalfe.
 1710Bul. Heere sir.
 1711Fal. Trust me, a likely Fellow. Come, pricke me Bul-
 1712calfe till he roare againe.
 1713Bul. Oh, good my Lord Captaine.
 1714Fal. What? do'st thou roare before th'art prickt.
 1715Bul. Oh sir, I am a diseased man.
 1716Fal. What disease hast thou?
 1717Bul. A whorson cold sir, a cough sir, which I caught
 1718with Ringing in the Kings affayres, vpon his Coronation
 1719day, sir.
 1720Fal. Come, thou shalt go to the Warres in a Gowne:
 1721we will haue away thy Cold, and I will take such order,
 1722that thy friends shall ring for thee. Is heere all?
 1723Shal. There is two more called then your number:
 1724you must haue but foure heere sir, and so I pray you go in
 1725with me to dinner.
 1726Fal. Come, I will goe drinke with you, but I cannot
 1727tarry dinner. I am glad to see you in good troth, Master
 1728Shallow.
 1729Shal. O sir Iohn, doe you remember since wee lay all
 1730night in the Winde-mill, in S. Georges Field.
 1731Falstaffe. No more of that good Master Shallow: No
 1732more of that.
 1733Shal. Ha? it was a merry night. And is Iane Night-
 1734worke aliue?
 1735Fal. She liues, M. Shallow.
 1736Shal. She neuer could away with me.
 1737Fal. Neuer, neuer: she would alwayes say shee could
 1738not abide M. Shallow.
 1739Shal. I could anger her to the heart: shee was then a
 1740Bona-Roba. Doth she hold her owne well.
 1741Fal. Old, old, M. Shallow.
 1742Shal. Nay, she must be old, she cannot choose but be
 gg  old:

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Henry IV, Part 2 (Folio 1 1623)