Page.
Host.
'Bless thee, bully Doctor.
Shal.
'Save you, Mr. Doctor Caius.
Page.
Now, good Mr. Doctor.
Slen.
Give you good-morrow, Sir.
Caius.
Vat be all you, one, two, tree, four, come
for?
Host.
To see thee fight, to see thee foin, to see
thee traverse, to see thee here, to see thee there, to see
thee pass thy punto, thy stock, thy reverse, thy distance,
thy montant. Is he dead, my Ethiopian? Is
he dead, my Francisco? ha, bully? what says my
Æsculapius? my Galen? my heart of elder? ha? is
he dead, bully-stale? is he dead?
Caius.
By gar, he is de coward Jack Priest of de
vorld; he is not show his face.
Host.
Thou art a1 note Castalian-king-Urinal: Hector
of Greece, my boy.
Caius.
I pray you bear witness, that me have stay
six or seven, two, tree hours for him, and he is no
come.
Shal.
He is the wiser man, Mr. Doctor; he is a
curer of souls, and you a curer of bodies: if you
should fight, you go against the hair of your professions:
Is it not true, master Page?
Page.
Master-Shallow, you have yourself been a great
fighter, tho' now a man of peace.
Shal.
Body-kins, Mr. Page, tho' I now be old, and
of peace, if I see a sword out, my finger itches to
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make one; tho' we are justices, and doctors, and
church-men, Mr. Page, we have some salt of our youth
in us; we are the sons of women, Mr. Page.
Page.
'Tis true, Mr. Shallow.
Shal.
It will be found so, Mr. Page. Mr. Doctor
Caius, I am come to fetch you home. I am sworn of
the peace; you have shew'd yourself a wise physician,
and Sir Hugh hath shown himself a wise and patient
church-man. You must go with me, Mr. Doctor.
Host.
Pardon, guest-justice.—A word, Monsieur
mock-water.9 note
Caius.
Mock-vater? vat is dat?
Host.
Mock-water, in our English tongue, is valour,
bully.
Caius.
By gar, then I have as much mock-vater as
de Englishman, scurvy-jack-dog-priest; by gar, me
vill cut his ears.
Host.
He will clapper-claw thee tightly, bully.
Caius.
Clapper-de-claw? vat is dat?
Host.
That is, he will make thee amends.
Caius.
By gar, me do look, he shall clapper-de-claw
me; for by gar, me vill have it.
Host.
And I will provoke him to't, or let him wag.
Caius.
Me tank you for dat.
Host.
And moreover bully.—But first, Mr. Guest,
and Mr. Page, and eek Cavaliero Slender, go you
through the town to Frogmore.
Page.
Sir Hugh is there, is he?
Host.
He is there; see what Humour he is in; and
I will bring the Doctor about the Fields: will it do
well?
Shal.
We will do it.
All.
Adieu, good Mr. Doctor.
[Exeunt Page, Shallow and Slender.
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Caius.
By gar, me vill kill de priest; for he speak
for a jack-an-ape to Anne Page.
Host.
Let him die; but, first, sheath thy impatience;
throw cold water on thy choler; go about the
fields with me through Frogmore; I will bring thee
where mistress Anne Page is, at a farm-house a feasting;
and thou shalt woo her, 2 note
Cry aim; said I
well?
Caius.
By gar, me tank you vor dat: by gar, I
love you; and I shall procure'a you de good guest;
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de Earl, de Knight, de Lords, de Gentlemen, my
patients.
Host.
For the which I will be thy adversary toward
Anne Page: said I well?
Caius.
By gar, 'tis good; vell said.
Host.
Let us wag then.
Caius.
Come at my heels, Jack Rugby.
[Exeunt.
Samuel Johnson [1765], The plays of William Shakespeare, in eight volumes, with the corrections and illustrations of Various Commentators; To which are added notes by Sam. Johnson (Printed for J. and R. Tonson [and] C. Corbet [etc.], London) [word count] [S11001].
