her. She bears the purse too; she is a region in Guiana, all

gold and bounty. I will be cheaters to them both, and they
shall be exchequers to me; they shall be my East and West

Indies, and I will trade to them both. Go, bear thou this
letter to Mistress Page; and thou this to Mistress Ford. We

will thrive, lads, we will thrive.
PISTOL. Shall I Sir Pandarus of Troy become,

And by my side wear steel? Then Lucifer take all!
NYM. I will run no base humour. Here, take the

humour-letter; I will keep the haviour of reputation.
FALSTAFF. [To ROBIN] Hold, sirrah; bear you these letters

tightly;
Sail like my pinnace to these golden shores.

Rogues, hence, avaunt! vanish like hailstones, go;
Trudge, plod away i' th' hoof; seek shelter, pack!

Falstaff will learn the humour of the age;
French thrift, you rogues; myself, and skirted page.

Exeunt FALSTAFF and ROBIN
PISTOL. Let vultures gripe thy guts! for gourd and fullam

holds,
And high and low beguiles the rich and poor;

Tester I'll have in pouch when thou shalt lack,
Base Phrygian Turk!

NYM. I have operations in my head which be humours of
revenge.

PISTOL. Wilt thou revenge?
NYM. By welkin and her star!

PISTOL. With wit or steel?
NYM. With both the humours, I.

I will discuss the humour of this love to Page.
PISTOL. And I to Ford shall eke unfold

How Falstaff, varlet vile,
His dove will prove, his gold will hold,

And his soft couch defile.
NYM. My humour shall not cool; I will incense Page to deal

with poison; I will possess him with yellowness; for the
revolt of mine is dangerous. That is my true humour.

PISTOL. Thou art the Mars of malcontents; I second thee;
troop on. Exeunt

SCENE 4.
DOCTOR CAIUS'S house

Enter MISTRESS QUICKLY, SIMPLE, and RUGBY
QUICKLY. What, John Rugby! I pray thee go to the casement

and see if you can see my master, Master Doctor
Caius, coming. If he do, i' faith, and find anybody in the

house, here will be an old abusing of God's patience and
the King's English.

RUGBY. I'll go watch.
QUICKLY. Go; and we'll have a posset for't soon at night, in

faith, at the latter end of a sea-coal fire. [Exit RUGBY] An
honest, willing, kind fellow, as ever servant shall come in

house withal; and, I warrant you, no tell-tale nor no
breed-bate; his worst fault is that he is given to prayer; he is

something peevish that way; but nobody but has his fault;
but let that pass. Peter Simple you say your name is?

SIMPLE. Ay, for fault of a better.
QUICKLY. And Master Slender's your master?

SIMPLE. Ay, forsooth.
QUICKLY. Does he not wear a great round beard, like a

glover's paring-knife?
SIMPLE. No, forsooth; he hath but a little whey face, with a

little yellow beard, a Cain-colour'd beard.
QUICKLY. A softly-sprighted man, is he not?

SIMPLE. Ay, forsooth; but he is as tall a man of his hands as
any is between this and his head; he hath fought with a

warrener.
QUICKLY. How say you? O, I should remember him. Does

he not hold up his head, as it were, and strut in his gait?
SIMPLE. Yes, indeed, does he.

QUICKLY. Well, heaven send Anne Page no worse fortune!
Tell Master Parson Evans I will do what I can for your

master. Anne is a good girl, and I wish-
Re-enter RUGBY

RUGBY. Out, alas! here comes my master.
QUICKLY. We shall all be shent. Run in here, good young

man; go into this closet. [Shuts SIMPLE in the closet] He
will not stay long. What, John Rugby! John! what, John,

I say! Go, John, go inquire for my master; I doubt he be
not well that he comes not home. [Singing]

And down, down, adown-a, etc.
Enter DOCTOR CAIUS

CAIUS. Vat is you sing? I do not like des toys. Pray you, go
and vetch me in my closet un boitier vert-a box, a green-a

box. Do intend vat I speak? A green-a box.
QUICKLY. Ay, forsooth, I'll fetch it you. [Aside] I am glad

he went not in himself; if he had found the young man,
he would have been horn-mad.

CAIUS. Fe, fe, fe fe! ma foi, il fait fort chaud. Je m'en vais a
la cour-la grande affaire.

QUICKLY. Is it this, sir?
CAIUS. Oui; mette le au mon pocket: depeche, quickly. Vere

is dat knave, Rugby?
QUICKLY. What, John Rugby? John!

RUGBY. Here, sir.
CAIUS. You are John Rugby, and you are Jack Rugby.

Come, take-a your rapier, and come after my heel to the
court.

RUGBY. 'Tis ready, sir, here in the porch.
CAIUS. By my trot, I tarry too long. Od's me! Qu'ai j'oublie?

Dere is some simples in my closet dat I vill not for the
varld I shall leave behind.

QUICKLY. Ay me, he'll find the young man there, and be
mad!

CAIUS. O diable, diable! vat is in my closet? Villainy! larron!
[Pulling SIMPLE out] Rugby, my rapier!

QUICKLY. Good master, be content.
CAIUS. Wherefore shall I be content-a?

QUICKLY. The young man is an honest man.
CAIUS. What shall de honest man do in my closet? Dere is

no honest man dat shall come in my closet.
QUICKLY. I beseech you, be not so phlegmatic; hear the

truth of it. He came of an errand to me from Parson Hugh.
CAIUS. Vell?

SIMPLE. Ay, forsooth, to desire her to-
QUICKLY. Peace, I pray you.

CAIUS. Peace-a your tongue. Speak-a your tale.
SIMPLE. To desire this honest gentlewoman, your maid, to

speak a good word to Mistress Anne Page for my master,
in the way of marriage.

QUICKLY. This is all, indeed, la! but I'll ne'er put my finger
in the fire, and need not.

CAIUS. Sir Hugh send-a you? Rugby, baillez me some paper.
Tarry you a little-a-while. [Writes]

QUICKLY. [Aside to SIMPLE] I am glad he is so quiet; if he
had been throughly moved, you should have heard him

so loud and so melancholy. But notwithstanding, man, I'll
do you your master what good I can; and the very yea and

the no is, the French doctor, my master-I may call him
my master, look you, for I keep his house; and I wash,

wring, brew, bake, scour, dress meat and drink, make the
beds, and do all myself-

SIMPLE. [Aside to QUICKLY] 'Tis a great charge to come
under one body's hand.

QUICKLY. [Aside to SIMPLE] Are you avis'd o' that? You
shall find it a great charge; and to be up early and down

late; but notwithstanding-to tell you in your ear, I would
have no words of it-my master himself is in love with

Mistress Anne Page; but notwithstanding that, I know
Anne's mind-that's neither here nor there.

CAIUS. You jack'nape; give-a this letter to Sir Hugh; by gar,
it is a shallenge; I will cut his troat in de park; and I will

teach a scurvy jack-a-nape priest to meddle or make. You
may be gone; it is not good you tarry here. By gar, I will

cut all his two stones; by gar, he shall not have a stone
to throw at his dog. Exit SIMPLE

QUICKLY. Alas, he speaks but for his friend.
CAIUS. It is no matter-a ver dat. Do not you tell-a me dat I

shall have Anne Page for myself? By gar, I vill kill de Jack
priest; and I have appointed mine host of de Jarteer to

measure our weapon. By gar, I will myself have Anne
Page.

QUICKLY. Sir, the maid loves you, and all shall be well. We
must give folks leave to prate. What the good-year!

CAIUS. Rugby, come to the court with me. By gar, if I have
not Anne Page, I shall turn your head out of my door.

Follow my heels, Rugby. Exeunt CAIUS and RUGBY
QUICKLY. You shall have-An fool's-head of your own. No,

I know Anne's mind for that; never a woman in Windsor
knows more of Anne's mind than I do; nor can do more

than I do with her, I thank heaven.
FENTON. [Within] Who's within there? ho!

QUICKLY. Who's there, I trow? Come near the house, I pray
you.

Enter FENTON
FENTON. How now, good woman, how dost thou?

QUICKLY. The better that it pleases your good worship to
ask.

FENTON. What news? How does pretty Mistress Anne?
QUICKLY. In truth, sir, and she is pretty, and honest, and

gentle; and one that is your friend, I can tell you that by
the way; I praise heaven for it.

FENTON. Shall I do any good, think'st thou? Shall I not lose
my suit?

QUICKLY. Troth, sir, all is in His hands above; but
notwithstanding, Master Fenton, I'll be sworn on a book

she loves you. Have not your worship a wart above your eye?
FENTON. Yes, marry, have I; what of that?

QUICKLY. Well, thereby hangs a tale; good faith, it is such
another Nan; but, I detest, an honest maid as ever broke

bread. We had an hour's talk of that wart; I shall never
laugh but in that maid's company! But, indeed, she is

given too much to allicholy and musing; but for you-well,
go to.

FENTON. Well, I shall see her to-day. Hold, there's money
for thee; let me have thy voice in my behalf. If thou seest

her before me, commend me.
QUICKLY. Will I? I' faith, that we will; and I will tell your

worship more of the wart the next time we have confidence;
and of other wooers.

FENTON. Well, farewell; I am in great haste now.
QUICKLY. Farewell to your worship. [Exit FENTON] Truly,

an honest gentleman; but Anne loves him not; for I know
Anne's mind as well as another does. Out upon 't, what

have I forgot? Exit
ACT II. SCENE 1.

Before PAGE'S house
Enter MISTRESS PAGE, with a letter

MRS. PAGE. What! have I scap'd love-letters in the holiday-time
of my beauty, and am I now a subject for them? Let

me see. [Reads]
'Ask me no reason why I love you; for though Love use

• mistress [´mistris] n.女主人；情妇；女能手 (初中英语单词)
• humour [´hju:mə] n.幽默，诙谐 (初中英语单词)
• vanish [´væniʃ] vi.消失；消散；消灭 (初中英语单词)
• poison [´pɔizən] n.毒物 v.毒害 a.有毒的 (初中英语单词)
• patience [´peiʃəns] n.忍耐(力)；耐心；坚韧 (初中英语单词)
• willing [´wiliŋ] a.情愿的，乐意的 (初中英语单词)
• closet [´klɔzit] n.橱；私室；盥洗室 (初中英语单词)
• errand [´erənd] n.差使，使命 (初中英语单词)
• charge [tʃɑ:dʒ] v.收费；冲锋 n.费用 (初中英语单词)
• priest [pri:st] n.教士；牧师；神父 (初中英语单词)
• weapon [´wepən] n.武器；斗争手段 (初中英语单词)
• worship [´wə:ʃip] n.&v.崇拜；敬仰 (初中英语单词)
• thereby [´ðeəbai] ad.因此，由此 (初中英语单词)
• farewell [feə´wel] int.再见 n.&a.告别 (初中英语单词)
• bounty [´baunti] n.慷慨；恩惠；赠物 (高中英语单词)
• thrive [θraiv] vi.兴旺；繁荣 (高中英语单词)
• incense [´insens, in´sens] n.香(气) vt.激怒 (高中英语单词)
• parson [´pɑ:sən] n.教区牧师 (高中英语单词)
• beseech [bi´si:tʃ] v.恳求，哀求 (高中英语单词)
• melancholy [´melənkəli] n.忧郁 a.忧郁的 (高中英语单词)
• notwithstanding [,nɔtwiθ´stændiŋ] prep.&conj.虽然；还是 (高中英语单词)
• meddle [´medl] vi.干涉(预)；乱弄 (高中英语单词)
• behalf [bi´hɑ:f] n.利益 (高中英语单词)
• commend [kə´mend] vt.把...交托给；称赞 (高中英语单词)
• thrift [θrift] n.节俭，节约 (英语四级单词)
• withal [wi´ðɔ:l] ad.加之；同样；然而 (英语四级单词)
• warrant [´wɔrənt] n.根据；委任书；权利 (英语四级单词)
• wherefore [´weəfɔ:] ad.为什么；因此 (英语四级单词)
• detest [di´test] vt.痛恨，憎恶 (英语四级单词)
• gentlewoman [´dʒentl,wumən] n.贵族；淑女 (英语六级单词)