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FENTON
No, heaven so speed me in my time to come!
Albeit I will confess thy father’s wealth
Was the first motive that I woo’d thee, Anne,
Yet, wooing thee, I found thee of more value [15]
Than stamps in gold or sums in sealed bags;
And ’tis the very riches of thyself
That now I aim at.
ANNE
Gentle Master Fenton,
Yet seek my father’s love; still seek it, sir.
If opportunity and humblest suit [20]
Cannot attain it, why then − hark you hither!
[They converse apart.]
[Enter Shallow, Slender, and Mistress Quickly.]
SHALLOW
Break their talk, Mistress Quickly. My kinsman shall speak for himself.
SLENDER
I’ll make a shaft or a bolt on ’t. ’Slid, ’tis but venturing. [25]
SHALLOW
Be not dismayed.
SLENDER
No, she shall not dismay me; I care not for that, but that I am afeard.
QUICKLY
[To Anne] Hark ye, Master Slender would speak a word with you. [30]
ANNE
I come to him. [Aside.] This is my father’s choice.
O, what a world of vile ill-favour’d faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year!
