506231Bar. Godmorrow Corporall Nim.

507232Nim. Godmorrow Lieftenant Bardolfe.

508233Bar. What is antient Pistoll and thee friends yet?

508.1234Nim. I cannot tell, things must be as they may:

511235I dare not fight, but I will winke and hold out mine Iron:

512236 It is a simple one, but what tho; it will serue to toste cheese,

513237And it will endure cold as an other mans sword will,

514238And theres the humor of it.

514.1239Bar. Yfaith mistresse quickly did thee great wrong,

521240For thou weart troth plight to her.

B Nim. I

523241Nim. I must do as I may, tho patience be a tyred mare,

527242Yet sheel plod, and some say kniues haue edges,

525243And men may sleepe and haue their throtes about them

526244At that time, and there is the humour of it.

515245Bar. Come yfaith, Ile bestow a breakfast to make Pistoll

246And thee friendes. What a plague should we carrie kniues

515.1247To cut our owne throates.

518248Nim. Yfaith Ile liue as long as I may, thats the certaine of it.

519249And when I cannot liue any longer, Ile do as I may,

520250And theres my rest, and the randeuous of it.

530.1252Bar. Godmorrow ancient Pistoll.

531253Here comes ancient Pistoll, I prithee Nim be quiet.

532254Nim. How do you my Hoste?

534255Pist.Base slaue, callest thou me hoste?

256Now by gads lugges I sweare, I scorne the title,

535257Nor shall my Nell keepe lodging.

537258Host. No by my troath not I,

538259For we cānot bed nor boord halfe a score honest gētlewomē

260That liue honestly by the prick of their needle,

539261But it is thought straight we keepe a bawdy-house.

539.1262O Lord heeres Corporall Nims, now shall

541263We haue wilful adultry and murther committed:

541.1264Good Corporall Nim shew the valour of a man,

541.2265And put vp your sword.

544266Nim. Push.

544.1267Pist. What dost thou push, thou prickeard cur of Iseland?

549268Nim. Will you shog off? I would haue you solus.

550269Pist. Solus egregious dog, that solus in thy throte,

551270And in thy lungs, and which is worse, within

553271Thy mesfull mouth, I do retort that solus in thy

554272Bowels, and in thy Iaw, perdie: for I can talke,

273And Pistolls flashing firy cock is vp.

556274Nim. I am not Barbasom, you cannot coniure me:

275I haue an humour Pistoll to knock you indifferently well,

557276And you fall foule with me Pistoll, Ile scoure you with my

559277Rapier in faire termes. If you will walke off a little,

560278Ile prick your guts a litle in good termes,

561279And theres the humour of it.

562280Pist. O braggard vile, and damned furious wight,

563281The Graue doth gape, and groaning

282Death is neare, therefore exall.

565284Bar. Heare me, he that strikes the first blow,

566285Ile kill him, as I am a souldier.

568286Pist. An oath of mickle might, and fury shall abate.

571287Nim. Ile cut your throat at one time or an other in faire (termes,

572288And theres the humor of it.

573289Pist. Couple gorge is the word, I thee defie agen:

574290A damned hound, thinkst thou my spouse to get?

575291No, to the powdering tub of infamy,

576292Fetch forth the lazar kite of Cresides kinde,

293Doll Tear-sheete, she by name, and her espowse

577294I haue, and I will hold, the quandom quickly,

578295For the onely she and Paco, there it is inough.

581297Boy. Hostes you must come straight to my maister,

582298And you Host Pistoll. Good Bardolfe

583299Put thy nose between the sheets, and do the office of a(warming pan.

586300Host. By my troath heele yeeld the crow a pudding one (of these dayes.

586.1301Ile go to him, husband youle come?

589302Bar. Come Pistoll be friends.

602303Nim prithee be friends, and if thou wilt not be

603304Enemies with me too.

594305Ni. I shal haue my eight shillings I woon of you at beating?

596306Pist. Base is the slaue that payes.

597307Nim. That now I will haue, and theres the humor of it.

598308Pist. As manhood shall compound. They draw.

599309Bar. He that strikes the first blow,

600310Ile kill him by this sword.

601311Pist. Sword is an oath, and oathes must haue their course.

B 2 Nim.

601.1312Nim. I shall haue my eight shillings I wonne of you at

601.2000 beating?

605313Pist. A noble shalt thou haue, and readie pay,

314And liquor likewise will giue to thee,

606315And friendship shall combind and brotherhood:

607316Ile liue by Nim as Nim shall liue by me:

608317Is not this iust? for I shall Sutler be

609318Vnto the Campe, and profit will occrue.

611319Nim. I shall haue my noble?

612320Pist. In cash most truly paid.

613321Nim. Why theres the humour of it.

615323Hostes. As euer you came of men come in,

616324Sir Iohn poore soule is so troubled

325With a burning tashan contigian feuer, tis wonderfull.

625326Pist. Let us condoll the knight: for lamkins we will liue.