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| <H3>SCENE I. London. A street.</h3> | |
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| <i>Enter Corporal NYM and Lieutenant BARDOLPH</i> | |
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| <A NAME=speech1><b>BARDOLPH</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=1>Well met, Corporal Nym.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech2><b>NYM</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=2>Good morrow, Lieutenant Bardolph.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech3><b>BARDOLPH</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=3>What, are Ancient Pistol and you friends yet?</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech4><b>NYM</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=4>For my part, I care not: I say little; but when</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=5>time shall serve, there shall be smiles; but that</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=6>shall be as it may. I dare not fight; but I will</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=7>wink and hold out mine iron: it is a simple one; but</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=8>what though? it will toast cheese, and it will</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=9>endure cold as another man's sword will: and</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=10>there's an end.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech5><b>BARDOLPH</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=11>I will bestow a breakfast to make you friends; and</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=12>we'll be all three sworn brothers to France: let it</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=13>be so, good Corporal Nym.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech6><b>NYM</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=14>Faith, I will live so long as I may, that's the</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=15>certain of it; and when I cannot live any longer, I</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=16>will do as I may: that is my rest, that is the</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=17>rendezvous of it.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech7><b>BARDOLPH</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=18>It is certain, corporal, that he is married to Nell</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=19>Quickly: and certainly she did you wrong; for you</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=20>were troth-plight to her.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech8><b>NYM</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=21>I cannot tell: things must be as they may: men may</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=22>sleep, and they may have their throats about them at</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=23>that time; and some say knives have edges. It must</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=24>be as it may: though patience be a tired mare, yet</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=25>she will plod. There must be conclusions. Well, I</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=26>cannot tell.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Enter PISTOL and Hostess</i></p> | |
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| <A NAME=speech9><b>BARDOLPH</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=27>Here comes Ancient Pistol and his wife: good</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=28>corporal, be patient here. How now, mine host Pistol!</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech10><b>PISTOL</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=29>Base tike, call'st thou me host? Now, by this hand,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=30>I swear, I scorn the term; Nor shall my Nell keep lodgers.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech11><b>Hostess</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=31>No, by my troth, not long; for we cannot lodge and</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=32>board a dozen or fourteen gentlewomen that live</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=33>honestly by the prick of their needles, but it will</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=34>be thought we keep a bawdy house straight.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>NYM and PISTOL draw</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=35>O well a day, Lady, if he be not drawn now! we</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=36>shall see wilful adultery and murder committed.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech12><b>BARDOLPH</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=37>Good lieutenant! good corporal! offer nothing here.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech13><b>NYM</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=38>Pish!</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech14><b>PISTOL</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=39>Pish for thee, Iceland dog! thou prick-ear'd cur of Iceland!</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech15><b>Hostess</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=40>Good Corporal Nym, show thy valour, and put up your sword.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech16><b>NYM</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=41>Will you shog off? I would have you solus.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech17><b>PISTOL</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=42>'Solus,' egregious dog? O viper vile!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=43>The 'solus' in thy most mervailous face;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=44>The 'solus' in thy teeth, and in thy throat,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=45>And in thy hateful lungs, yea, in thy maw, perdy,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=46>And, which is worse, within thy nasty mouth!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=47>I do retort the 'solus' in thy bowels;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=48>For I can take, and Pistol's cock is up,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=49>And flashing fire will follow.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech18><b>NYM</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=50>I am not Barbason; you cannot conjure me. I have an</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=51>humour to knock you indifferently well. If you grow</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=52>foul with me, Pistol, I will scour you with my</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=53>rapier, as I may, in fair terms: if you would walk</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=54>off, I would prick your guts a little, in good</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=55>terms, as I may: and that's the humour of it.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech19><b>PISTOL</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=56>O braggart vile and damned furious wight!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=57>The grave doth gape, and doting death is near;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=58>Therefore exhale.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech20><b>BARDOLPH</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=59>Hear me, hear me what I say: he that strikes the</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=60>first stroke, I'll run him up to the hilts, as I am a soldier.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Draws</i></p> | |
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| <A NAME=speech21><b>PISTOL</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=61>An oath of mickle might; and fury shall abate.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=62>Give me thy fist, thy fore-foot to me give:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=63>Thy spirits are most tall.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech22><b>NYM</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=64>I will cut thy throat, one time or other, in fair</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=65>terms: that is the humour of it.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech23><b>PISTOL</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=66>'Couple a gorge!'</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=67>That is the word. I thee defy again.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=68>O hound of Crete, think'st thou my spouse to get?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=69>No; to the spital go,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=70>And from the powdering tub of infamy</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=71>Fetch forth the lazar kite of Cressid's kind,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=72>Doll Tearsheet she by name, and her espouse:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=73>I have, and I will hold, the quondam Quickly</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=74>For the only she; and--pauca, there's enough. Go to.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Enter the Boy</i></p> | |
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| <A NAME=speech24><b>Boy</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=75>Mine host Pistol, you must come to my master, and</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=76>you, hostess: he is very sick, and would to bed.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=77>Good Bardolph, put thy face between his sheets, and</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=78>do the office of a warming-pan. Faith, he's very ill.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech25><b>BARDOLPH</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=79>Away, you rogue!</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech26><b>Hostess</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=80>By my troth, he'll yield the crow a pudding one of</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=81>these days. The king has killed his heart. Good</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=82>husband, come home presently.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exeunt Hostess and Boy</i></p> | |
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| <A NAME=speech27><b>BARDOLPH</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=83>Come, shall I make you two friends? We must to</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=84>France together: why the devil should we keep</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=85>knives to cut one another's throats?</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech28><b>PISTOL</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=86>Let floods o'erswell, and fiends for food howl on!</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech29><b>NYM</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=87>You'll pay me the eight shillings I won of you at betting?</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech30><b>PISTOL</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=88>Base is the slave that pays.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech31><b>NYM</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=89>That now I will have: that's the humour of it.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech32><b>PISTOL</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=90>As manhood shall compound: push home.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>They draw</i></p> | |
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| <A NAME=speech33><b>BARDOLPH</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=91>By this sword, he that makes the first thrust, I'll</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=92>kill him; by this sword, I will.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech34><b>PISTOL</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=93>Sword is an oath, and oaths must have their course.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech35><b>BARDOLPH</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=94>Corporal Nym, an thou wilt be friends, be friends:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=95>an thou wilt not, why, then, be enemies with me too.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=96>Prithee, put up.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech36><b>NYM</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=97>I shall have my eight shillings I won of you at betting?</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech37><b>PISTOL</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=98>A noble shalt thou have, and present pay;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=99>And liquor likewise will I give to thee,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=100>And friendship shall combine, and brotherhood:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=101>I'll live by Nym, and Nym shall live by me;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=102>Is not this just? for I shall sutler be</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=103>Unto the camp, and profits will accrue.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=104>Give me thy hand.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech38><b>NYM</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=105>I shall have my noble?</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech39><b>PISTOL</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=106>In cash most justly paid.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech40><b>NYM</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=107>Well, then, that's the humour of't.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Re-enter Hostess</i></p> | |
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| <A NAME=speech41><b>Hostess</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=108>As ever you came of women, come in quickly to Sir</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=109>John. Ah, poor heart! he is so shaked of a burning</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=110>quotidian tertian, that it is most lamentable to</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=111>behold. Sweet men, come to him.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech42><b>NYM</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=112>The king hath run bad humours on the knight; that's</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=113>the even of it.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech43><b>PISTOL</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=114>Nym, thou hast spoke the right;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=115>His heart is fracted and corroborate.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech44><b>NYM</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=116>The king is a good king: but it must be as it may;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=117>he passes some humours and careers.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech45><b>PISTOL</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=118>Let us condole the knight; for, lambkins we will live.</A><br> | |
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