[To Kent] Go you before to Gloucester with these letters. 876Acquaint 744my daughter no further with anything you 877know than comes 745from her demand out of the letter. 878If your diligence be not 746speedy I shall be there before 879you.

I will not sleep, my lord, till I have delivered 881your 748letter.

If a man's brains were in his heels, were't not in 883750danger of kibes?

Ay, boy.

Then I prithee be merry. Thy wit shall ne'er go 886slipshod.

Ha ha ha.

Shalt see thy other daughter will use thee kindly, 889for 754though she's as like this as a crab is like an 890apple, yet I con what 755I can tell.

Why, what canst thou tell, my boy?

She'll taste as like this as a crab doth to a 893crab. Thou 758canst not tell why one's nose stands in the middle 894of his face?

No.

Why, to keep his eyes on either side 's nose, 897that what 761a man cannot smell out 'a may spy into.

I did her wrong.

Canst tell how an oyster makes his shell?

No.

Nor I neither; but I can tell why a snail has 902a house.

Why?

Why, to put his head in, not to give it away to his 905767daughter, and leave his horns without a case.

I will forget my nature. So kind a father. Be 907my horses 769ready?

Thy asses are gone about them. The reason why 909the 771seven stars are no more than seven is a pretty reason.

Because they are not eight?

Yes. Thou wouldst make a good fool.

To tak't again perforce. Monster ingratitude!

If thou wert my fool, nuncle, I'd have thee 914beaten for 776being old before thy time.

How's that?

Thou shouldst not have been old before thou hadst 917779been wise.

O let me not be mad, sweet heaven! I would not be mad. 919781Keep me in temper. I would not be mad.

5.27Are 920the horses ready?

Ready, my lord.

Come, boy.

She that is maid now, and laughs at my departure,

5.31924784Shall not be a maid long, except things be cut shorter.