2122.11243Ford. Well wife, heere take my hand, vpon my

2122.21244soule I loue thee dearer then I do my life, and ioy I

2122.31245hnue so true and constant wife, my iealousie shall

2122.41246neuer more offend thee.

2122.51247Mi. For. Sir I am glad, & that which I haue done,

2122.61248Was nothing else but mirth and modestie.

2122.71249Pa. I misteris Ford, Falstaffe hath all the griefe,

2122.81250And in this knauerie my wife was the chiefe.

2122.91251Mi. Pa. No knauery husband, it was honest mirth.

2122.101252Hu. Indeed it was good pastimes & merriments.

2122.111253Mis. For. But sweete heart shall wee leaue olde

2122.121254 Falstaffe so?

2122.131255Mis. Pa. O by no meanes, send to him againe.

2122.141256Pa. I do not thinke heele come being so much

2122.151257deceiued.

2122.161258For. Let me alone, Ile to him once againe like

2122.171259Brooke, and know his mind whether heele come

2122.181260or not.

2122.191261Pa. There must be some plot laide, or heele not(come.

21491262Mis. Pa. Let vs alone for that. Heare my deuice.

21501263Oft haue you heard since Horne the hunter dyed,

2150.11264That women to affright their litle children,

2150.21265Ses that he walkes in shape of a great stagge.

2150.31266Now for that Falstaffe hath bene so deceiued,

2150.41267As that he dares not venture to the house,

2150.51268Weele send him word to meet vs in the field,

2150.61269 Disguised like Horne, with huge horns on his head,

2150.71270The houre shalbe iust betweene twelue and one,

2150.81271And at that time we will meet him both:

2150.91272Then would I haue you present there at hand,

21721273 With litle boyes disguised and dressed like Fayries,

2172.11274For to affright fat Falstaffe in the woods.

F3 And

2172.21275And then to make a period to the Iest,

2172.31276Tell Falstaffe all, I thinke this will do best.

21701277Pa. Tis excellent, and my daughter Anne,

2170.11278Shall like a litle Fayrie be disguised.

2170.21279Mis. Pa. And in that Maske Ile make the Doctor

2170.31280steale my daughter An, & ere my husband knowes

2170.41281it, to carrie her to Church, and marrie her.

2170.51282Mis. For. But who will buy the silkes to tyre the(boyes?

21991283Pa. That will I do, and in a robe of white

22001284Ile cloath my daughter, and aduertife Slender

22011285To know her by that signe, and steale her thence,

2201.11286And vnknowne to my wife, shall marrie her.

22071287Hu. So kad vdge me the deuises is excellent.

21921288I will also be there, and be like a Iackanapes,

2192.11289And pinch him most cruelly for his lecheries.

2192.21290Mis. Pa. Why then we are reuenged sufficiently.

2192.31291First he was carried and throwne in the Thames,

2192.41292Next beaten well, I am sure youle witnes that.

2192.51293Mi. For. Ile lay my life this makes him nothing fat.

2192.61294Pa. Well lets about this stratagem, I long

2192.71295To see deceit deceiued, and wrong haue wrong.

2192.81296For, Well send to Falstaffe, and if he come thither,

2192.91297Twill make vs smile and laugh one moneth togi-

2192.101298ther. Exit omnes.