William Kenrick [1760], Falstaff's Wedding: a comedy. Being a Sequel to the Second Part of the Play of King Henry the Fourth. Written in Imitation of Shakespeare, By Mr. Kenrick (Printed for J. Wilkie... [and] F. Blyth [etc.], London) [word count] [S34600].
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SCENE VII.
Tavern continued.
Falstaff, solus.
Four hundred marks a year, quoth he! It were not an
unreasonable competence were not sherris comparatively
so dear. But if the female incumbrance on it should turn
out a shrew; the Lord have mercy on me, in paying off
the sins of my youth. Let me bethink me. Four hundred
marks a year! I have, it is true, small hopes from
Hal; and shall grow old some time or other. These
aches in my limbs forebode it. I cannot hold out for
ever; that's certain. Were it not good, therefore, to make
a virtue of necessity, and take up while I am in case to
reap the credit of reformation? Could I reconcile it to my
interest, I believe my inclination would follow.
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William Kenrick [1760], Falstaff's Wedding: a comedy. Being a Sequel to the Second Part of the Play of King Henry the Fourth. Written in Imitation of Shakespeare, By Mr. Kenrick (Printed for J. Wilkie... [and] F. Blyth [etc.], London) [word count] [S34600].
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