Page 2555 - Shakespeare - Vol. 2

ACT V IT

Scene I IT

Enter Falstaff and [Mistress] Quickly.

FALSTAFF
Prithee no more prattling; go I’ll hold. This is the third time; I hope good luck
lies in odd numbers. Away, go! They say there is divinity in odd numbers,
either in nativity, chance, or death. Away!

QUICKLY
I’ll provide you a chain, and I’ll do what I can to [5] get you a pair of horns.

FALSTAFF

Away, I say, time wears; hold up your head, and mince.
[Exit Mistress Quickly.]
[Enter Ford as Brook.]
How now, Master Brook? Master Brook, the matter will be known to-night, or
never. Be you in the Park about [10] midnight, at Herne’s oak, and you shall

see wonders.

FORD
Went you not to her yesterday, sir, as you told me you had appointed?

FALSTAFF
I went to her, Master Brook, as you see, like a poor old man, but I came from
her, Master Brook, like a [15] poor old woman. That same knave Ford, her

husband, hath the finest mad devil of jealousy in him, Master Brook, that ever
governed frenzy. I will tell you he beat me grievously, in the shape of a
woman; for in the shape of man, Master Brook, I fear not Goliath with a
weaver’s [20] beam, because I know also life is a shuttle. I am in haste; go
along with me: I’ll tell you all, Master Brook. Since I plucked geese, played