The Merry Wives Of Windsor
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creator: Shakespeare, William
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subject: mistress
subject: page
subject: ford
subject: falstaff
subject: master
subject: will
subject: make
subject: star
subject: chamber
subject: matter
subject: twenty
subject: john
subject: falstaffs
subject: shakespeare
subject: william
subject: merry
subject: wives
subject: windsor
subject: english
subject: literature
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sort title: Merry Wives Of Windsor, The
full text: THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR DRAMATIS PERSONAE SIR JOHN FALSTAFF (FALSTAFF:) FENTON a gentleman. SHALLOW a country justice. SLENDER cousin to Shallow. FORD | | two gentlemen dwelling at Windsor. PAGE | WILLIAM PAGE a boy, son to Page. SIR HUGH EVANS a Welsh parson. DOCTOR CAIUS a French physician. Host of the Garter Inn. (Host:) BARDOLPH | | PISTOL | sharpers attending on Falstaff. | NYM | ROBIN page to Falstaff. SIMPLE servant to Slender. RUGBY servant to Doctor Caius. MISTRESS FORD: MISTRESS PAGE: ANNE PAGE her daughter. MISTRESS QUICKLY servant to Doctor Caius. Servants to Page, Ford, &c. (Servant:) (First Servant:) (Second Servant:) SCENE Windsor, and the neighbourhood. THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR ACT I SCENE I Windsor. Before PAGE's house. [Enter SHALLOW, SLENDER, and SIR HUGH EVANS] SHALLOW Sir Hugh, persuade me not; I will make a Star- chamber matter of it: if he were twenty Sir John Falstaffs, he shall not abuse Robert Shallow, esquire. SLENDER In the county of Gloucester, justice of peace and 'Coram.' SHALLOW Ay, cousin Slender, and 'Custalourum. SLENDER Ay, and 'Rato-lorum' too; and a gentleman born, master parson; who writes himself 'Armigero,' in any bill, warrant, quittance, or obligation, 'Armigero.' SHALLOW Ay, that I do; and have done any time these three hundred years. SLENDER All his successors gone before him hath done't; and all his ancestors that come after him may: they may give the dozen white luces in their coat. SHALLOW It is an old coat. SIR HUGH EVANS The dozen white louses do become an old coat well; it agrees well, passant; it is a familiar beast to man, and signifies love. SHALLOW The luce is the fresh fish; the salt fish is an old coat. SLENDER I may quarter, coz. SHALLOW You may, by marrying. SIR HUGH EVANS It is marring indeed, if he quarter it. SHALLOW Not a whit. SIR HUGH EVANS Yes, py'r lady; if he has a quarter of your coat, there is but three skirts for yourself, in my simple conjectures: but that is all one. If Sir John Falstaff h…