2788Shal. By Cocke and Pye, you shall not away to night.

2789What Dauy, I say.

2790Fal. You must excuse me, M. Robert Shallow.

2791Shal. I will not excuse you: you shall not be excused.

2792Excuses shall not be admitted: there is no excuse shall

2793serue: you shall not be excus'd.

2794Why Dauie.

2795Dauie. Heere sir.

2796Shal. Dauy, Dauy, Dauy, let me see (Dauy) let me see:

2797William Cooke, bid him come hither. Sir Iohn, you shal

2798not be excus'd.

2799Dauy. Marry sir, thus: those Precepts cannot bee

2800seru'd: and againe sir, shall we sowe the head-land with

2801Wheate?

2802Shal. With red Wheate Dauy. But for William Cook:

2803are there no yong Pigeons?

2804Dauy. Yes Sir.

2805Heere is now the Smithes note, for Shooing,

2806And Plough-Irons.

2807Shal. Let it be cast, and payde: Sir Iohn, you shall

2808not be excus'd.

2809Dauy. Sir, a new linke to the Bucket must needes bee

2810had: And Sir, doe you meane to stoppe any of Williams

2811Wages, about the Sacke he lost the other day, at Hinckley

2812Fayre?

2813Shal. He shall answer it:

2814Some Pigeons Dauy, a couple of short-legg'd Hennes: a

2815ioynt of Mutton, and any pretty little tine Kickshawes,

2816tell William Cooke.

2817Dauy. Doth the man of Warre, stay all night sir?

2818Shal. Yes Dauy:

2819I will vse him well. A Friend i'th Court, is better then a

2820penny in purse. Vse his men well Dauy, for they are ar-

2821rant Knaues, and will backe-bite.

2822Dauy. No worse then they are bitten. sir: For they

2823haue maruellous fowle linnen.

2824Shallow. Well conceited Dauy: about thy Businesse,

2825Dauy.

2826Dauy. I beseech you sir,

2827To countenance William Visor of Woncot, against Cle-

2828ment Perkes of the hill.

2829Shal. There are many Complaints Dauy, against that

2830Visor, that Visor is an arrant Knaue, on my know-

2831ledge.

2832Dauy. I graunt your Worship, that he is a knaue Sir:)

2833But yet heauen forbid Sir, but a Knaue should haue some

2834Countenance, at his Friends request. An honest man sir,

2835is able to speake for himselfe, when a Knaue is not. I haue

2836seru'd your Worshippe truely sir, these eight yeares: and

2837if I cannot once or twice in a Quarter beare out a knaue,

2838against an honest man, I haue but a very litle credite with

2839your Worshippe. The Knaue is mine honest Friend Sir,

2840therefore I beseech your Worship, let him bee Counte-

2841nanc'd.

2842Shal. Go too,

2843I say he shall haue no wrong: Looke about Dauy.

2844Where are you Sir Iohn? Come, off with your Boots.

2845Giue me your hand M. Bardolfe.

2846Bard. I am glad to see your Worship.

2847Shal. I thanke thee, with all my heart, kinde Master

2848Bardolfe: and welcome my tall Fellow:

2849Come Sir Iohn.

2850Falstaffe. Ile follow you, good Master Robert Shallow.

2851Bardolfe, looke to our Horsses. If I were saw'de into

2852Quantities, I should make foure dozen of such bearded

2853Hermites staues, as Master Shallow. It is a wonderfull

2854thing to see the semblable Coherence of his mens spirits,

2855and his: They, by obseruing of him, do beare themselues

2856like foolish Iustices: Hee, by conuersing with them, is

2857turn'd into a Iustice-like Seruingman. Their spirits are

2858so married in Coniunction, with the participation of So-

2859ciety, that they flocke together in consent, like so ma-

2860ny Wilde-Geese. If I had a suite to Mayster Shallow, I

2861would humour his men, with the imputation of beeing

2862neere their Mayster. If to his Men, I would currie with

2863Maister Shallow, that no man could better command his

2864Seruants. It is certaine, that either wise bearing, or ig-

2865norant Carriage is caught, as men take diseases, one of

2866another: therefore, let men take heede of their Compa-

2867nie. I will deuise matter enough out of this Shallow, to

2868keepe Prince Harry in continuall Laughter, the wearing

2869out of sixe Fashions (which is foure Tearmes) or two Ac-

2870tions, and he shall laugh with Interuallums. O it is much

2871that a Lye (with a slight Oath) and a iest (with a sadde

2872brow) will doe, with a Fellow, that neuer had the Ache

2873in his shoulders. O you shall see him laugh, till his Face

2874be like a wet Cloake, ill laid vp.

2875Shal. Sir Iohn.

2876Falst. I come Master Shallow, I come Master Shallow.