2385That quaint in greene, she shall be loose en-roab'd,

2386With Ribonds-pendant, flaring 'bout her head;

2387And when the Doctor spies his vantage ripe,

2388To pinch her by the hand, and on that token,

2389The maid hath giuen consent to go with him.

2390Host. Which meanes she to deceiue? Father, or Mo-

2391ther.

2392Fen. Both (my good Host) to go along with me:

2393And heere it rests, that you'l procure the Vicar

2394To stay for me at Church, 'twixt twelue, and one,

2395And in the lawfull name of marrying,

2396To giue our hearts vnited ceremony.

2397Host. Well, husband your deuice; Ile to the Vicar,

2398Bring you the Maid, you shall not lacke a Priest.

2399Fen. So shall I euermore be bound to thee;

2400Besides, Ile make a present recompence. Exeunt

2403Fal. Pre'thee no more pratling: go, Ile hold, this is

2404the third time: I hope good lucke lies in odde numbers:

2405Away, go, they say there is Diuinity in odde Numbers,

2406either in natiuity, chance, or death: away.

2407Qui. Ile prouide you a chaine, and Ile do what I can

2408to get you a paire of hornes.

2409Fall. Away I say, time weares, hold vp your head &

2410mince. How now M. Broome? Master Broome, the mat-

2411ter will be knowne to night, or neuer. Bee you in the

2412Parke about midnight, at Hernes-Oake, and you shall

2413see wonders.

2414Ford. Went you not to her yesterday (Sir) as you told

2415me you had appointed?

2416Fal. I went to her (Master Broome) as you see, like a

2417poore-old-man, but I came from her (Master Broome)

2418like a poore-old-woman; that same knaue (Ford hir hus-

2419band) hath the finest mad diuell of iealousie in him (Ma-

2420ster Broome) that euer gouern'd Frensie. I will tell you,

2421he beate me greeuously, in the shape of a woman: (for in

2422the shape of Man (Master Broome) I feare not Goliah

2423with a Weauers beame, because I know also, life is a

2424Shuttle) I am in hast, go along with mee, Ile tell you all

2425(Master Broome:) since I pluckt Geese, plaide Trewant,

2426and whipt Top, I knew not what 'twas to be beaten, till

2427lately. Follow mee, Ile tell you strange things of this

2428knaue Ford, on whom to night I will be reuenged, and I

2429will deliuer his wife into your hand. Follow, straunge

2430things in hand (M. Broome) follow. Exeunt.

2433Page. Come, come: wee'll couch i'th Castle-ditch,

2434till we see the light of our Fairies. Remember son Slen-

2435der, my

2436Slen. I forsooth, I haue spoke with her, & we haue

2437a nay-word, how to know one another. I come to her

2438in white, and cry Mum; she cries Budget, and by that

2439we know one another.

2440Shal. That's good too: But what needes either your

2441Mum, or her Budget? The white will decipher her well

2442enough. It hath strooke ten a'clocke.

2443Page. The night is darke, Light and Spirits will be-

2444come it wel: Heauen prosper our sport. No man means

2445euill but the deuill, and we shal know him by his hornes.

2446Lets away: follow me. Exeunt.

2449Mist. Page. M^r Doctor, my daughter is in green, when

2450you see your time, take her by the hand, away with her

2451to the Deanerie, and dispatch it quickly: go before into

2452the Parke: we two must go together.

2453Cai. I know vat I haue to do, adieu.

2454Mist. Page. Fare you well (Sir:) my husband will not

2455reioyce so much at the abuse of Falstaffe, as he will chafe

2456at the Doctors marrying my daughter: But 'tis no mat-

2457ter; better a little chiding, then a great deale of heart-

2458breake.

2459Mist. Ford. Where is Nan now? and her troop of Fai-

2460ries? and the Welch-deuill Herne?

2461Mist. Page. They are all couch'd in a pit hard by Hernes

2462Oake, with obscur'd Lights; which at the very instant

2463of Falstaffes and our meeting, they will at once display to

2464the night.

2465Mist. Ford. That cannot choose but amaze him.

2466Mist. Page. If he be not amaz'd he will be mock'd: If

2467he be amaz'd, he will euery way be mock'd.

2468Mist. Ford. Wee'll betray him finely.

2469Mist. Page. Against such Lewdsters, and their lechery,

2470Those that betray them, do no treachery.

2471Mist. Ford. The houre drawes-on: to the Oake, to the

2472Oake. Exeunt.

2475Euans. Trib, trib Fairies: Come, and remember your

2476parts: be pold (I pray you) follow me into the pit, and

2477when I giue the watch-'ords, do as I pid you: Come,

2478come, trib, trib. Exeunt

2483Fal. The Windsor-bell hath stroke twelue: the Mi-

2484nute drawes-on: Now the hot-bloodied-Gods assist me:

2485Remember Ioue, thou was't a Bull for thy Europa, Loue

2486set on thy hornes. O powerfull Loue, that in some re-

2487spects makes a Beast a Man: in som other, a Man a beast.

2488You were also (Iupiter) a Swan, for the loue of Leda: O