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| Enter Mist. Page, Mist. Ford, Caius. | Enter Mistress Page, Mistress Ford, and Doctor Caius | | MW V.iii.1 | |
| Mist. Page. | MISTRESS PAGE | | | |
| Mr Doctor, my daughter is in green, when | Master Doctor, my daughter is in green. | | MW V.iii.1 | |
| you see your time, take her by the hand, away | When you see your time, take her by the hand, away | | MW V.iii.2 | |
| with her to the Deanerie, and dispatch it quickly: go | with her to the deanery, and dispatch it quickly. Go | dispatch, despatch (v.) deal with promptly, settle, get [something] done quickly | MW V.iii.3 | |
| before into the Parke: we two must go together. | before into the Park. We two must go together. | | MW V.iii.4 | |
| Cai. | CAIUS | | | |
| I know vat I haue to do, adieu. | I know vat I have to do. Adieu. | | MW V.iii.5 | |
| Mist. Page. | MISTRESS PAGE | | | |
| Fare you well (Sir:) | Fare you well, sir. | fare ... well (int.)goodbye [to an individual] | MW V.iii.6 | |
| Exit Caius | | MW V.iii.6 | |
| my husband will not reioyce so much at the abuse of | My husband will not rejoice so much at the abuse of | abuse (n.)deception, hoax, fraud | MW V.iii.7 | |
| Falstaffe, as he will chafe at the Doctors marrying my | Falstaff as he will chafe at the doctor's marrying my | chafe (v.)fret, rage, seethe | MW V.iii.8 | |
| daughter: But 'tis no matter; better a little chiding, | daughter. But 'tis no matter. Better a little chiding | chiding (n.)telling-off, scolding, rebuke | MW V.iii.9 | |
| then a great deale of heart-breake. | than a great deal of heartbreak. | | MW V.iii.10 | |
| Mist. Ford. | MISTRESS FORD | | | |
| Where is Nan now? and her troop of | Where is Nan now, and her troop of | | MW V.iii.11 | |
| Fairies? and the Welch-deuill Herne? | fairies, and the Welsh devil Hugh? | | MW V.iii.12 | |
| Mist. Page. | MISTRESS PAGE | | | |
| They are all couch'd in a pit hard by | They are all couched in a pit hard by | couch (v.)conceal, hide, lie hidden | MW V.iii.13 | |
| Hernes Oake, with obscur'd Lights; which at the very | Herne's Oak, with obscured lights, which, at the very | | MW V.iii.14 | |
| instant of Falstaffes and our meeting, they will at once | instant of Falstaff's and our meeting, they will at once | | MW V.iii.15 | |
| display to the night. | display to the night. | | MW V.iii.16 | |
| Mist. Ford. | MISTRESS FORD | | | |
| That cannot choose but amaze him. | That cannot choose but amaze him. | amaze (v.)alarm, dismay, scare | MW V.iii.17 | |
| Mist. Page. | MISTRESS PAGE | | | |
| If he be not amaz'd he will be mock'd: | If he be not amazed, he will be mocked. | mock (v.)deceive, delude, mislead | MW V.iii.18 | |
| If he be amaz'd, he will euery way be mock'd. | If he be amazed, he will every way be mocked. | mock (v.)make fun of, ridicule | MW V.iii.19 | |
| Mist. Ford. | MISTRESS FORD | | | |
| Wee'll betray him finely. | We'll betray him finely. | finely (adv.)nicely, delicately, subtly | MW V.iii.20 | |
| | betray (v.)deceive, seduce, mislead | | |
| Mist. Page. | MISTRESS PAGE | | | |
| Against such Lewdsters, and their lechery, | Against such lewdsters and their lechery, | lewdster (n.)debaucher, profligate, lascivious individual | MW V.iii.21 | |
| Those that betray them, do no treachery. | Those that betray them do no treachery. | | MW V.iii.22 | |
| Mist. Ford. | MISTRESS FORD | | | |
| The houre drawes-on: to the Oake, to the | The hour draws on. To the Oak, to the | | MW V.iii.23 | |
| Oake. | Oak! | | MW V.iii.24 | |
| Exeunt. | Exeunt | | MW V.iii.24 | |