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| Enter Falstoffe, Quickly, and Ford. | Enter Falstaff and Mistress Quickly | | MW V.i.1.1 | |
| Fal. | FALSTAFF | | | |
| Pre'thee no more pratling: go, Ile hold, this | Prithee no more prattling. Go. I'll hold. This | hold (v.) stand firm, continue, carry on | MW V.i.1 | |
| is the third time: I hope good lucke lies in odde numbers: | is the third time; I hope good luck lies in odd numbers. | | MW V.i.2 | |
| Away, go, they say there is Diuinity in odde Numbers, | Away; go. They say there is divinity in odd numbers, | divinity (n.)divination, divine power, supernatural presence | MW V.i.3 | |
| either in natiuity, chance, or death: away. | either in nativity, chance, or death. Away. | | MW V.i.4 | |
| Qui. | MISTRESS QUICKLY | | | |
| Ile prouide you a chaine, and Ile do | I'll provide you a chain, and I'll do | | MW V.i.5 | |
| what I can to get you a paire of hornes. | what I can to get you a pair of horns. | | MW V.i.6 | |
| Fall. | FALSTAFF | | | |
| Away I say, time weares, hold vp your head | Away, I say; time wears. Hold up your head, | wear (v.)pass, waste, run out | MW V.i.7 | |
| & mince. | and mince. | mince (v.)walk like a lady, walk with delicate short steps | MW V.i.8 | |
| Exit Mistress Quickly | | MW V.i.8 | |
| Enter Ford disguised as Brook | | MW V.i.9 | |
| How now M. Broome? Master Broome, the matter will | How now, Master Brook! Master Brook, the matter will | | MW V.i.9 | |
| be knowne to night, or neuer. Bee you in the Parke about | be known tonight or never. Be you in the Park about | park (n.)hunting ground | MW V.i.10 | |
| midnight, at Hernes-Oake, and you shall see wonders. | midnight, at Herne's Oak, and you shall see wonders. | | MW V.i.11 | |
| Ford. | FORD | | | |
| Went you not to her yesterday (Sir) as you told me | Went you not to her yesterday, sir, as you told me | | MW V.i.12 | |
| you had appointed? | you had appointed? | | MW V.i.13 | |
| Fal. | FALSTAFF | | | |
| I went to her (Master Broome) as you see, like | I went to her, Master Brook, as you see, like | | MW V.i.14 | |
| a poore-old-man, but I came from her (Master Broome) like | a poor old man. But I came from her, Master Brook, like | | MW V.i.15 | |
| a poore-old-woman; that same knaue (Ford hir husband) | a poor old woman. That same knave Ford, her husband, | knave (n.)scoundrel, rascal, rogue | MW V.i.16 | |
| hath the finest mad diuell of iealousie in him (Master | hath the finest mad devil of jealousy in him, Master | | MW V.i.17 | |
| Broome) that euer gouern'd Frensie. I will tell you, he | Brook, that ever governed frenzy. I will tell you: he | | MW V.i.18 | |
| beate me greeuously, in the shape of a woman: (for in the | beat me grievously, in the shape of a woman; for in the | | MW V.i.19 | |
| shape of Man (Master Broome) I feare not Goliah with a | shape of man, Master Brook, I fear not Goliath with a | Golias, Goliath (n.)[pron: go'liyas] in the Bible, Goliath; a giant, seen as a model of strength | MW V.i.20 | |
| Weauers beame, because I know also, life is a Shuttle) I | weaver's beam, because I know also life is a shuttle. I | beam (n.)wooden roller in a loom | MW V.i.21 | |
| am in hast, go along with mee, Ile tell you all (Master | am in haste. Go along with me. I'll tell you all, Master | | MW V.i.22 | |
| Broome:) since I pluckt Geese, plaide Trewant, and whipt | Brook. Since I plucked geese, played truant and whipped | | MW V.i.23 | |
| Top, I knew not what 'twas to be beaten, till lately. | top, I knew not what 'twas to be beaten till lately. | | MW V.i.24 | |
| Follow mee, Ile tell you strange things of this knaue | Follow me. I'll tell you strange things of this knave | | MW V.i.25 | |
| Ford, on whom to night I will be reuenged, and I will | Ford, on whom tonight I will be revenged. And I will | | MW V.i.26 | |
| deliuer his wife into your hand. Follow, straunge things | deliver his wife into your hand. Follow. Strange things | | MW V.i.27 | |
| in hand (M. Broome) follow. | in hand, Master Brook! Follow. | | MW V.i.28 | |
| Exeunt. | Exeunt | | MW V.i.28 | |