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Samuel Johnson [1778], The plays of William Shakspeare. In ten volumes. With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators; to which are added notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. The second edition, Revised and Augmented (Printed for C. Bathurst [and] W. Strahan [etc.], London) [word count] [S10901].
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SCENE III. Enter Mistress Page, Mistress Ford, and Dr. Caius.

Mrs. Page.

Master doctor, my daughter is in green: when you see your time, take her by the hand, away with her to the deanery, and dispatch it quickly: Go before into the park; we two must go together.

Caius.

I know vat I have to do; Adieu.

[Exit.

Mrs. Page.

Fare you well, sir. My husband will not rejoice so much at the abuse of Falstaff, as he will chafe at the doctor's marrying my daughter: but 'tis no matter; better a little chiding, than a great deal of heart-break.

Mrs. Ford.

Where is Nan now, and her troop of fairies? 9 note

and the Welch devil Evans?

Mrs. Page.

They are all couch'd in a pit hard by Herne's oak1 note, with obscur'd lights; which, at the very instant of Falstaff's and our meeting, they will at once display to the night.

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Mrs. Ford.

That cannot chuse but amaze him.

Mrs. Page.

If he be not amaz'd, he will be mock'd; if he be amaz'd, he will every way be mock'd.

Mrs. Ford.

We'll betray him finely.

Mrs. Page.

Against such lewdsters, and their lechery, Those that betray them do no treachery.

Mrs. Ford.

The hour draws on; To the oak, to the oak!

[Exeunt.
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Samuel Johnson [1778], The plays of William Shakspeare. In ten volumes. With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators; to which are added notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. The second edition, Revised and Augmented (Printed for C. Bathurst [and] W. Strahan [etc.], London) [word count] [S10901].
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