Internet Shakespeare Editions

Author: William Shakespeare
Editor: Helen Ostovich
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The Merry Wives of Windsor (Modern, Folio)

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Enter Evans and Simple.
Evans
Go your ways, and ask of Doctor Caius' house which is the way. And there dwells one Mistress Quickly, 290which is in the manner of his nurse, or his dry-nurse, or his cook, or his laundry, his washer, and his wringer.
Simple
Well, sir.
Evans
Nay, it is petter yet! Give her this letter, for it is a 'oman that altogethers acquaintance with Mistress Anne 295Page, and the letter is to desire and require her to solicit your master's desires to Mistress Anne Page. I pray you. begone. I will make an end of my dinner. There's pippins and cheese to come. Exeunt.