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ye   cuckoo!   but   afoot   he   will   not   budge   a   foot。   Prince。   Yes;   Jack;   upon 

instinct。   Fal。   I   grant   ye;   upon   instinct。   Well;   he   is   there   too;   and   one 

Mordake; and a thousand bluecaps more。 Worcester is stol'n away to…night; 

thy father's beard is turn'd white with the news; you may buy land now as 

cheap as stinking mack'rel。 Prince。 Why then; it is like; if there come a hot 

June; and this civil buffeting hold; we shall buy maidenheads as they buy 

hobnails; by the hundreds。 Fal。 By the mass; lad; thou sayest true; it is like 

we shall have good trading that way。 But tell me; Hal; art not thou horrible 

afeard? Thou being heir apparent; could the world pick thee out three such 

enemies      again   as  that  fiend   Douglas;     that  spirit  Percy;   and   that   devil 

Glendower? Art thou not horribly afraid? Doth not thy blood thrill at it? 

Prince。 Not a whit; i' faith。 I lack some of thy instinct。 Fal。 Well; thou wilt 

be horribly chid to…morrow when thou comest to thy father。 If thou love 

file; practise an answer。 Prince。 Do thou stand for my father and examine 

me upon the particulars of my life。 Fal。 Shall I? Content。 This chair shall 

be my state; this dagger my sceptre; and this cushion my; crown。 Prince。 

Thy state is taken for a join'd…stool; thy golden sceptre for a leaden dagger; 

and thy precious rich crown for a pitiful bald crown。 Fal。 Well; an the fire 



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of grace be not quite out of thee; now shalt thou be moved。 Give me a cup 

of sack to make my eyes look red; that it may be thought I have wept; for I 

must   speak   in   passion;   and   I   will   do   it   in   King   Cambyses'   vein。   Prince。 

Well;   here  is   my  leg。   Fal。 And   here  is   my  speech。   Stand   aside;   nobility。 

Host。 O Jesu; this is excellent sport; i' faith! Fal。 Weep not; sweet queen; 

for    trickling    tears   are   vain。   Host。    O;   the   Father;    how     he   holds    his 

countenance!   Fal。   For   God's   sake;   lords;   convey   my   tristful   queen!   For 

tears do stop the floodgates of her eyes。 Host。 O Jesu; he doth it as like one 

of   these   harlotry   players   as   ever   I   see!   Fal。   Peace;   good   pintpot。   Peace; 

good   tickle…brain。…  Harry;  I  do   not   only  marvel   where  thou   spendest   thy 

time;  but   also   how   thou   art   accompanied。  For   though   the  camomile;   the 

more it is trodden on; the faster it grows; yet youth; the more it is wasted; 

the sooner it wears。 That thou art my son I have partly thy mother's word; 

partly   my   own   opinion;   but   chiefly   a   villanous   trick   of   thine   eye   and   a 

foolish hanging of thy nether lip that doth warrant me。 If then thou be son 

to me; here lies the point: why; being son to me; art thou so pointed at? 

Shall   the   blessed   sun   of   heaven   prove   a   micher   and   eat   blackberries? A 

question not to be ask'd。 Shall the son of England prove a thief and take 

purses? A question   to   be  ask'd。 There is   a thing;  Harry;  which   thou hast 

often heard of; and it is known to many in our land by the name of pitch。 

This pitch; as ancient writers do report; doth defile; so doth the company 

thou keepest。 For; Harry; now I do not speak to thee in drink; but in tears; 

not in pleasure; but in passion; not in words only; but in woes also: and yet 

there   is   a   virtuous   man   whom  I   have   often   noted in   thy  company;   but   I 

know not his name。 Prince。 What manner of man; an it like your Majesty? 

Fal。 A goodly portly man;  i' faith; and a corpulent;   of a cheerful look;  a 

pleasing eye; and a most noble carriage; and; as I think; his age some fifty; 

or; by'r Lady; inclining to threescore; and now I remember me; his name is 

Falstaff。 If that man should be lewdly; given; he deceiveth me; for; Harry; I 

see virtue in his looks。 If then the tree may be known by the fruit; as the 

fruit   by   the   tree;   then;   peremptorily   I   speak   it;   there   is   virtue   in   that 

Falstaff。 Him keep with; the rest banish。 And tell me now; thou naughty 

varlet; tell me where hast thou been this month? Prince。 Dost thou speak 

like a king? Do thou stand for me; and I'll play my father。 Fal。 Depose me? 



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If  thou   dost   it   half   so   gravely;   so   majestically;   both   in   word   and   matter; 

hang   me   up   by   the   heels   for   a   rabbit…sucker   or   a   poulter's   hare。   Prince。 

Well; here I am set。 Fal。 And here I stand。 Judge; my masters。 Prince。 Now; 

Harry;   whence   come   you?   Fal。   My   noble   lord;   from   Eastcheap。   Prince。 

The complaints I hear of thee are grievous。 Fal。 'Sblood; my lord; they are 

false! Nay; I'll tickle ye for a young prince; i' faith。 Prince。 Swearest thou; 

ungracious boy? Henceforth ne'er look on me。 Thou art violently carried 

away from grace。 There is a devil haunts thee in the likeness of an old fat 

man; a   tun of   man is   thy companion。 Why dost thou converse   with that 

trunk of humours; that bolting hutch of beastliness; that swoll'n parcel of 

dropsies;   that   huge   bombard   of   sack;   that   stuff'd   cloakbag   of   guts;   that 

roasted Manningtree ox with the pudding in his belly; that reverend vice; 

that grey iniquity; that father ruffian; that vanity in years? Wherein is he 

good; but to taste sack and drink it? wherein neat and cleanly; but to carve 

a capon and eat it? wherein cunning; but in craft? wherein crafty; but in 

villany?     wherein     villanous;    but   in  all  things?    wherein     worthy;    but   in 

nothing? Fal。 I would your Grace would take me with you。 Whom means 

your     Grace?     Prince。    That    villanous     abominable       misleader     of   youth; 

Falstaff;   that   old   white…bearded   Satan。   Fal。   My   lord;   the   man   I   know。 

Prince。 I know thou dost。 Fal。 But to say I know more harm in him than in 

myself were to say more than I know。 That he is old (the more the pity) his 

white     hairs   do   witness     it;  but  that   he   is  (saving    your    reverence)     a 

whoremaster; that I utterly deny。 If sack and sugar be a fault; God help the 

wicked! If to be old and merry be a sin; then many an old host that I know 

is damn'd。 If to be fat be to be hated; then Pharaoh's lean kine are to be 

loved。 No; my good lord。 Banish Peto; banish Bardolph; banish Poins; but 

for sweet Jack Falstaff; kind Jack Falstaff; true Jack Falstaff; valiant Jack 

Falstaff;   and   therefore   more   valiant   being;   as   he   is;   old   Jack   Falstaff; 

banish not him thy Harry's company; banish not him thy Harry's company。 

Banish   plump   Jack;   and   banish   all   the   world!   Prince。   I   do;   I   will。   'A 

knocking heard。' 'Exeunt Hostess; Francis; and Bardolph。' 

       Enter Bardolph; running。 

       Bard。 O; my lord; my lord! the sheriff with a most monstrous watch is 

at the door。 Fal。 Out; ye rogue! Play out the play。 I have much to say in the 



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behalf of that Falstaff。 

        Enter the Hostess。 

        Host。 O Jesu; my lord; my lord! Prince。 Heigh; heigh; the devil rides 

upon a fiddlestick! What's the matter? Host。 The sheriff and all the watch 

are at the door。 They are come to search the house。 Shall I let them in? Fal。 

Dost thou hear; Hal? Never call a true piece of gold a counterfeit。 Thou art 

essentially   mad   without   seeming   so。   Prince。 And   thou   a   natural   coward 

without instinct。 Fal。 I deny your major。 If you will deny the sheriff; so; if 

not; let him enter。 If I become not a cart a

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