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Another room in the Garter Inn.
[Enter FENTON and Host]
HOST
Master Fenton, talk not to me, my mind is heavy: I will give over all.
FENTON
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Yet hear | me speak:| assist | me in my |
purpose,
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And (as I | am a | gentle|man) I'll | give thee
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A hund|red pound | in gold,| more than | your
loss.
HOST
I will hear you (Master Fenton) and I will (at the least) keep your counsel.
FENTON
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From time | to time,| I have | acquaint|ed you
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With the / dear love | I bear | to fair Anne
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Who, mu/tually,| hath ans/wered my af|fection,
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(So far forth,| as herself | might be | her
choo||ser)
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even | to my wish;| I have a | letter | from her
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Of such contents,| as you | will wond|er at;
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The mirth | whereof,| so lard|ed with | my
matter,
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That neith|er (sing|ly) can | be man|ifested
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Without | the show | of both:| fat Falstaff
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Hath a / great scene;| the im|age of | the jest
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I'll show | you here | at large |(hark^good |
mine host):
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Tonight | at Herne's oak, just |'twixt^twelve
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one,
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Must^my | sweet^Nan | present | the Fai|ry Queen:
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The pur|pose why,| is here:| in which | disguise
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While oth|er jests | are some|thing rank | on
foot,
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Her fath|er hath | command|ed her | to slip
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Away | with Slend|er, and | with him,| at Et||on
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immediately to marry: she hath consented:
Now sir, ????
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Her moth|er (ev|en strong | against | that match
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And firm | for doc|tor Cai|us) hath | appoint||ed
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That he | shall like|wise shuf/fle her | away,
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While oth|er sports | are task|ing of | their
minds,
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And at | the dean|ery, where | a priest | attends
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Straight mar/ry her:| to this | her moth|er's
plot
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(She seem|ingly | obed|ient) like|wise^hath
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Made^prom|ise to | the doc|tor: Now,| thus^it
rests,
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Her fath|er means | she shall | be all | in
white;
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And in that | habit,| when Slend|er sees | his
time
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To take | her by | the hand,| and bid | her go,
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She shall go | with him:| her moth|er hath |
inten||ded
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(The bet|ter to | denote | her to the | doctor;
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For they | must all | be masked,| and viz|arded)
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That quaint | in green,| she shall | be loose |
enrobed,
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With rib|ands pend|ant, flar|ing 'bout | her
head;
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And when | the doc|tor spies | his vant|age ripe,
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To pinch | her by | the hand,| and on | that
token,
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The maid | hath given | consent | to go | with
him.
HOST
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Which^ means | she to de|ceive? Fath/er, or |
mother.
FENTON
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Both (my | good* host)| to go | along | with me:
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And here | it rests,| that you'll | procure | the
vi||car
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To stay | for me | at church,| 'twixt^twelve,|
and one,
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And in | the law|ful name | of mar|rying,
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To give | our hearts | unit|ed cer|emo||ny.
HOST
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Well,| husband | your device;| I'll to the |
vicar,
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Bring you | the maid,| you shall | not lack | a
priest.
FENTON
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So shall | I ev|ermore | be bound | to thee;
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Besides,| I'll make | a pres|ent rec|ompense.
[Exeunt]