Speak not to me, sir. My mind is heavy.

17.223461398 I have had a great loss.

Yet hear me, and as I am a gentleman,

17.423481400 I'll give you a hundred pound toward your loss.

Well, sir, I'll hear you, and at least keep your23511402 counsel.

Then thus, my host. 'Tis not unknown to you

17.823531404 The fervent love I bear to young Anne Page

17.923541405 And mutually her love again to me,

17.1023671406 But her father, still against her choice,

17.1123681407 Doth seek to marry her to foolish Slender,

17.1223781408 And in a robe of green this night disguised,

17.1323601409 Wherein fat Falstaff had a mighty scare,

17.1423801410 Must Slender take her and carry her to Eton.

17.152380.21412 Now her mother, still against that match,

17.1623821413 And firm for Doctor Caius, in a robe of red

17.1723871414 By her device, the Doctor must steal her thence,

17.1823881415 And she hath given consent to go with him.

Now which means she to deceive, father or

17.201417 mother?

Both, my good host, to go along with me.

17.2223921419 Now here it rests, that you would procure a priest

17.2323931420 And tarry ready at the appointment place

17.2423951421 To give our hearts united matrimony.

But how will you come to steal her from among them?

That hath sweet Nan and I agreed upon,

17.272395.31424 And by a robe of white, the which she wears,

17.282395.41425 With ribbons pendant, flaring 'bout her head,

17.292395.51426 I shall be sure to know her, and convey her thence,

17.302395.61427 And bring her where the priest abides our coming,

17.312395.71428 And by thy furtherance there be married.

Well, husband your device. I'll to the vicar.

17.3323971430 Bring you the maid; you shall not lack a priest.

So shall I evermore be bound unto thee.

17.3523991432 Besides I'll always be thy faithful friend.