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pawned his horses to mine host of the Garter.

MISTRESS FORD
Nay, I will consent to act any villainy against him that may not sully the
chariness of our [90] honesty. O that my husband saw this letter; it would
give eternal food to his jealousy.

MISTRESS PAGE
Why, look where he comes; and my good man too. He’s as far from jealousy

as I am from giving him cause; and that, I hope, is an unmeasurable
distance. [95]

MISTRESS FORD
You are the happier woman.

MISTRESS PAGE
Let’s consult together against this greasy knight. Come hither.
[They stand back.]

Enter Ford, [with] Pistol, and Page, [with] Nym.

FORD
Well, I hope it be not so.

PISTOL
Hope is a curtal dog in some affairs; [100]
Sir John affects thy wife.

FORD
Why, sir, my wife is not young.

PISTOL
He woos both high and low, both rich and poor,

Both young and old, one with another, Ford;
He loves the gallimaufry: Ford, perpend. [105]

FORD