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Prodigal PrincePOINS But my lads, my lads, tomorrow morning by four o’clock early, at Gad’s Hill, there are pilgrims going to Canterbury with rich offerings and traders riding to London with fat purses. I…
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HAL Good morrow, Ned. POINS Good morrow, sweet Hal. — What says Monsieur Remorse? What says Sir John Sack and Sugar, Jack? How agrees the devil and thee about thy soul, that thou soldest…
HAL Where shall we take a purse tomorrow, Jack? FALSTAFF Zounds, where thou wilt, lad. I’ll make one; an I do not, call me villain and baffle me. HAL I see a good amendment of…
FALSTAFF O, thou hast damnable iteration and art indeed able to corrupt a saint. Thou hast done much harm upon me, Hal; God forgive thee for it. Before I knew thee, Hal, I…
FALSTAFF Thou hast the most unsavoury similes and art indeed the most comparative, rascalliest, sweet youngprince. But Hal, I prithee trouble me no more with vanity. I would to God thou and I knew where a commodity of good names were to be…
FALSTAFF Well, Hal, well, and in some sort it jumps with my humour as well as waiting in the court, I can tell you. HAL For obtaining of suits? FALSTAFF Yea, for obtaining of suits, whereof the hangman hath no lean wardrobe. ’Sblood, I…
FALSTAFF Yea, and so used it that were it not here apparent that thou art heir apparent – but I prithee, sweet wag, shall there be gallows standing in England when thou art…
FALSTAFF By the Lord, thou sayst true, lad – and is not my hostess of the tavern a most sweet wench? HAL As the honey of Hybla, my old lad of the castle –…
HAL Thou sayst well, and it holds well too, for the fortune of us that are the moon’s men doth ebb and flow like the sea, being governed, as the sea is, by…
FALSTAFF Marry then, sweet wag, when thou art king, let not us that are squires of the night’s body be called thieves of the day’s beauty. Let us be Diana’s foresters, gentlemen of…