First folio
| Modern text
| Definitions
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| Enter Page, Shallow, Slender. | Enter Page, Shallow, and Slender | | MW V.ii.1.1 | |
| Page. | PAGE | | | |
| Come, come: wee'll couch i'th Castle-ditch, till we | Come, come. We'll couch i'th' Castle ditch till we | couch (v.) conceal, hide, lie hidden | MW V.ii.1 | |
| see the light of our Fairies. Remember son Slender, my | see the light of our fairies. Remember, son Slender, my | | MW V.ii.2 | |
| daughter. | | MW V.ii.3 | |
| Slen. | SLENDER | | | |
| I forsooth, I haue spoke with her, & we haue | Ay, forsooth. I have spoke with her, and we have | forsooth (adv.)in truth, certainly, truly, indeed | MW V.ii.4 | |
| a nay-word, how to know one another. I come to her in | a nay-word how to know one another. I come to her in | nayword, nay-word (n.)password, watchword | MW V.ii.5 | |
| white, and cry Mum; she cries Budget, and by that | white, and cry ‘ mum ’; she cries ‘ budget ’; and by that | | MW V.ii.6 | |
| we know one another. | we know one another. | | MW V.ii.7 | |
| Shal. | SHALLOW | | | |
| That's good too: But what needes either your | That's good too. But what needs either your | | MW V.ii.8 | |
| Mum, or her Budget? The white will decipher her | ‘ mum ’ or her ‘ budget ’? The white will decipher her | decipher (v.)make known to, indicate to | MW V.ii.9 | |
| well enough. It hath strooke ten a'clocke. | well enough. It hath struck ten o'clock. | | MW V.ii.10 | |
| Page. | PAGE | | | |
| The night is darke, Light and Spirits will become it | The night is dark. Light and spirits will become it | become (v.)be fitting, befit, be appropriate to | MW V.ii.11 | |
| wel: Heauen prosper our sport. No man means euill but | well. Heaven prosper our sport! No man means evil but | prosper (v.)make prosperous, give success to | MW V.ii.12 | |
| | sport (n.)recreation, amusement, entertainment | | |
| the deuill, and we shal know him by his hornes. Lets | the devil, and we shall know him by his horns. Let's | | MW V.ii.13 | |
| away: follow me. | away. Follow me. | | MW V.ii.14 | |
| Exeunt. | Exeunt | | MW V.ii.14 | |