Bull. Good Master Corporate Bardolph, stand my
 friend; and here's four Harry ten shillings in French210
 crowns for you. In very truth, sir, I had as lief be hanged,
 sir, as go: and yet, for mine own part, sir, I do not care;
 but rather, because I am unwilling, and, for mine own part,
 have a desire to stay with my friends; else, sir, I did not
 care, for mine own part, so much.215
Bard. Go to; stand aside.
Moul. And, good master corporal captain, for my old[3941]
 dame's sake, stand my friend: she has nobody to do any[3942]
 thing about her when I am gone; and she is old, and cannot
 help herself: you shall have forty, sir.[3943]220
Bard. Go to; stand aside.
Fee. By my troth, I care not; a man can die but once:[3944]
 we owe God a death: I'll ne'er bear a base mind: an't[3945][3946]
 be my destiny, so; an't be not, so: no man is too good to[3946]
 serve's prince; and let it go which way it will, he that dies[3947]225
 this year is quit for the next.
Bard. Well said; thou'rt a good fellow.[3948]
Fee. Faith, I'll bear no base mind.

Re-enter Falstaff and the Justices.[3949]

Fal. Come, sir, which men shall I have?
Shal. Four of which you please.230
Bard. Sir, a word with you: I have three pound to
 free Mouldy and Bullcalf.
Fal. Go to; well.
Shal. Come, Sir John, which four will you have?
Fal. Do you choose for me.235
Shal. Marry, then, Mouldy, Bullcalf, Feeble and
 Shadow.[3950]
Fal. Mouldy and Bullcalf: for you, Mouldy, stay at[3951]
 home till you are past service: and for your part, Bullcalf,[3952]
 grow till you come unto it: I will none of you.240
Shal. Sir John, Sir John, do not yourself wrong: they
 are your likeliest men, and I would have you served with
 the best.
Fal. Will you tell me, Master Shallow, how to choose
 a man? Care I for the limb, the thewes, the stature, bulk,245
 and big assemblance of a man! Give me the spirit, Master[3953]
 Shallow. Here's Wart; you see what a ragged appearance[3954]
 it is: a' shall charge you and discharge you with the
 motion of a pewterer's hammer, come off and on swifter than
 he that gibbets on the brewer's bucket. And this same250
 half-faced fellow, Shadow; give me this man: he presents no
 mark to the enemy; the foeman may with as great aim
 level at the edge of a penknife. And for a retreat; how[3955]
 swiftly will this Feeble the woman's tailor run off! O, give
 me the spare men, and spare me the great ones. Put me a255
 caliver into Wart's hand, Bardolph.
Bard. Hold, Wart, traverse; thus, thus, thus.[3956]
Fal. Come, manage me your caliver. So: very well:
 go to: very good, exceeding good. O, give me always a
 little, lean, old, chapt, bald shot. Well said, i' faith, Wart;[3957]260
 thou'rt a good scab: hold, there's a tester for thee.[3957]
Shal. He is not his craft's-master; he doth not do it[3958]
 right. I remember at Mile-end Green, when I lay at Clement's
 Inn,—I was then Sir Dagonet in Arthur's
 show,—there was a little quiver fellow, and a' would manage you[3959]265
 his piece thus; and a' would about and about, and come[3959]
 you in and come you in: 'rah, tah, tah,' would a' say;[3959]
 'bounce' would a' say; and away again would a' go, and[3959]
 again would a' come: I shall ne'er see such a fellow.[3959][3960]
Fal. These fellows will do well, Master Shallow. God[3961][3962]270
 keep you, Master Silence: I will not use many words with[3961][3962][3963]
 you. Fare you well, gentlemen both: I thank you: I must[3962]
 a dozen mile to-night. Bardolph, give the soldiers coats.
Shal. Sir John, the Lord bless you! God prosper your[3964]
 affairs! God send us peace! At your return visit our[3965][3966]275
 house; let our old acquaintance be renewed: peradventure[3966]
 I will with ye to the court.[3967]
Fal. 'Fore God, I would you would, Master Shallow.[3968]
Shal. Go to; I have spoke at a word. God keep you.[3969]
Fal. Fare you well, gentle gentlemen. [Exeunt[3970]280
 Justices.] On, Bardolph; lead the men away. [Exeunt[3971]
 Bardolph, Recruits, &c.] As I return, I will fetch off these
 justices: I do see the bottom of Justice Shallow. Lord,[3972]
 Lord, how subject we old men are to this vice of lying![3972]
 This same starved justice hath done nothing but prate to[3973]285
 me of the wildness of his youth, and the feats he hath done
 about Turnbull Street; and every third word a lie, duer[3974]
 paid to the hearer than the Turk's tribute. I do remember
 him at Clement's Inn like a man made after supper of a
 cheese-paring: when a' was naked, he was, for all the290
 world, like a forked radish, with a head fantastically carved
 upon it with a knife: a' was so forlorn, that his dimensions
 to any thick sight were invincible: a' was the very genius[3975]
 of famine; yet lecherous as a monkey, and the whores[3976]
 called him mandrake: a' came ever in the rearward of the[3976][3977]295
 fashion, and sung those tunes to the overscutched huswives[3978][3979]
 that he heard the carmen whistle, and sware they were his[3978]
 fancies or his good-nights. And now is this Vice's dagger[3978][3980]
 become a squire, and talks as familiarly of John a Gaunt[3981]
 as if he had been sworn brother to him; and I'll be sworn300
 a' ne'er saw him but once in the Tilt-yard; and then he[3982]
 burst his head for crowding among the marshal's men.[3983]
 I saw it, and told John a Gaunt he beat his own name;
 for you might have thrust him and all his apparel into an[3984]
 eel-skin; the case of a treble hautboy was a mansion for305
 him, a court: and now has he land and beefs. Well, I'll[3985]
 be acquainted with him, if I return; and it shall go hard[3986]
 but I will make him a philosopher's two stones to me:[3987]
 if the young dace be a bait for the old pike, I see no
 reason in the law of nature but I may snap at him. Let[3988]310
 time shape, and there an end. [Exit.[3989]

FOOTNOTES:

[3811] Scene I. Westminster.] Dyce. London. Pope.

The whole scene omitted in Q1. See note (VIII). Enter....] Enter the King in his night-gowne alone. Q2. Enter the King, with a Page Ff.

[3812] [Exit Page.] Exit. Ff.

[3813] thousand] thousands Rowe.

[3814] O sleep, O gentle sleep] O gentle sleep Pope. Sleep, gentle sleep Steevens.

[3815] pallets] Q2. pallads Ff.

[3816] hush'd] huisht F1 F2.

night-flies] Q2. Night, flyes Ff.

[3817] the] high Collier (Collier MS.).

state] pride Seymour conj.

[3818] sound] Q2. sounds Ff.

[3819] or] to Hanmer. by or for Knight conj.

[3820] mast] Ff. masse Q2.

[3821] billows] pillowes Q2.

[3822] deafening] deaff'ning F1 F2 F3. deaf'ning F4. deaffing Q2.

clamour] Q2. clamors Ff.

clouds] shrouds Pope.

[3823] thy] Ff. them Q2.

[3824] sea-boy] Ff. season Q2.

[3825] most stillest] the stillest Pope.

[3826] Deny it to a] Deny 't a Steevens conj.

Then happy low, lie down!] Then happy Lowe, lye downe, F1 F2. Then happy Low, lye down, F3 F4. then (happy) low lie downe, Q2. then (happie) low ly downe Dering MS. Then happy lowly clown, Johnson (Warburton conj.). Then, happy low-lie-down! Knight (Coleridge conj.). Then happy lowt, lie down! Dent MS. Then happy boy, lie down! Keightley conj. Then happy the low lie down: Brae conj. (Notes and Queries).

[3827] Enter....] Ff. Enter Warwike, Surry, and Sir Iohn Blunt. Q2.

[3828] Scene II. Pope.

[3829] good] om. Seymour conj.

[3830] you all,] you. Well, Theobald.

[3831] letters] Ff. letter Q2.

[3832] yet] slight Warburton.

[3833] cool'd] school'd Warburton conj.

[3834] O God] Q2. O Heaven Ff.

[3835] mock] Rowe. mocks Q2 Ff.

[3836] O, if this ... and die.] Q2. Omitted in Ff.

[3837] through] thorough Capell.

[3838] sit him] set him Capell.

[3839] Tis ... gone] In one line with With divers liquors (53) in Ff.

gone] om. Pope.

[3840] great friends] om. Pope, reading 'Tis not ... Northumberland as one line.

[3841] years] F3 F4. yeare Q2. yeeres F1 F2.

[3842] But] om. Pope.

[3843] eye brimful] eye-brimme full Q2. eye-brim-full F1. eye, brimfull F2 F3 F4.

[3844] God] Q2. Heaven Ff.

[3845] shall ... will] will ... will Johnson.

[3846] corruption] convulsion or eruption Collier conj.

[3847] nature] Ff. natures Q2.

[3848] which] Ff. who Q2.

[3849] beginnings] Ff. beginning Q2.

[3850] this] things Johnson conj. these Capell. his Jackson conj.

[3851] things then] things then, my lord, Hanmer. om. Steevens conj.

[3852] like necessities] like necessity Johnson conj.

[3853] my lord] om. Pope.

[3854] soul] soule Q2. life Ff.

[3855] bring] brings F2.

[3856] [Exeunt.] Ff. om. Q2.

[3857] Scene II.] Scene III. Pope.

Gloucestershire....] The Country. Pope. Justice Shallow's seat in Gloucestershire. Theobald.

Enter....] Capell. Enter ... Bullcalfe. Ff. Enter Iustice Shallow, and Iustice Silence. Qq (Silens. Q1).

[3858] sir] Q2. om. Q1 Ff.

[3859] give me your hand, sir] Once only in Pope.

[3860] Silence] Silens Q2.

[3861] ousel] woosel Qq. ouzell F1 F2 F3. ouzel F4.

[3862] nay] Ff. no Qq.

[3863] A' ... o'] A ... a Qq. He ... of Ff.

[3864] By the mass] Omitted in Ff.

[3865] indeed too] indeed Capell.

[3866] Barnes] Qq. Bare Ff.

[3867] Cotswold man] Pope. Cotsole man Qq. Cot-sal-man Ff.

[3868] four] five Farmer conj. MS.

[3869] o'] a Qq. of Ff.

[3870] bona-robas] bona robes Qq.

[3871] a boy] boy, Rowe (ed. 2).

[3872] This ... cousin] Coosin, this Sir John Q2.

[3873] see] Qq. saw Ff.

[3874] Skogan's] Skoggins Qq. Scoggans F1. Schoggans F2. Schoggan's F3 F4.

[3875] did I] I did Rowe (ed. 2).

[3876] Jesu, Jesu] Qq. Oh Ff.

[3877] my] Qq. mine Ff.

[3878] as the Psalmist saith] Qq.] Omitted in Ff.

[3879] Stamford] Samforth Qq.

[3880] By my troth] Qq. Truly cousin Ff.

[3881] Jesu, Jesu, dead!] Qq. Dead? see, see Ff.

[3882] a Gaunt] Qq. of Gaunt Ff.

[3883] a fourteen] Qq. at fourteen Ff.

[3884] Scene IV. Pope.

Enter....] Qq. Enter Bardolph and his Boy. Ff (after line 49).

[3885] Bard. Good ... gentlemen: I beseech] Bardolfe. Good ... gentlemen. Bardolfe. I beseech Q1. Good ... gentlemen. Bard. I beseech Q2. Shal. Good ... gentlemen. Bard. I beseech Ff.

[3886] county] country Warburton.

and one] one F3 F4.

[3887] good] om. Q2.

[3888] by heaven] Qq. om. Ff.

[3889] well, sir.] wel, sir, Qq. well: (sir) Ff.

[3890] accommodated] Ff. accommodate Qq.

[3891] in faith] Qq. om. Ff.

[3892] accomodated] Qq Ff.

[3893] are surely] surely are Pope.

ever were, very] Qq. every where very Ff.

[3894] me] Q2. om. Q1 Ff.

[3895] good] Q2. om. Q1 Ff.

[3896] by heaven] Qq. om. Ff.

[3897] a' may be thought] a may be thought Qq. he thought Ff.

[3898] Scene V. Pope.

Enter Falstaff.] Enter Sir John Falstaffe. Q2.

[3899] your good] Qq. your Ff.

[3900] by my troh] Qq. Trust me Ff.

like] Qq. looke F1 F2. look F3 F4.

[3901] Surecard] Ff. Soccard Qq.

[3902] Silence] Ff. Scilens Q1. Silens Q2.

[3903] weather, gentlemen. Have] weather gentlemen, have Q1. weather (gentlemen) have Q2. weather (Gentlemen) have Ff.

[3904] dozen] Qq. dozen of Ff.

[3905] Let me see] Twice only in Q2.

So] Four times only in Ff.

[3906] Ralph] F3 F4. Rafe Qq. Raphe F1 F2. to Ralph Rowe.

[3907] an't] Capell. and't Q1. and it Q2. if it Ff.

[3908] an't] Capell. and't Qq. if it Ff.

[3909] i' faith] om. Ff.

[3910] in faith om. Ff.

[3911] Fal. Prick him] Ff. Iohn prickes him. Q (as a stage direction). See note (VIII).

[3912] an] Capell. and Q. if Ff.

[3913] the other] Ff. th' other Q. the others Anon. conj.

[3914] see: Simon] Ff. see Simon Q.

[3915] Yea] Q. I Ff.

[3916] but much ... substance!] Edd. but much ... substance. Q. but not ... substance. Ff. but not much ... substance. Capell. not much ... substance. Dyce conj. See note (IX).

[3917] summer] a summer Pope.

[3918] to fill] Ff. fill Q. do fill Theobald.

[3919] down] om. Q.

[3920] his] om. Q.

[3921] he'ld ha'] hee'd a Q. he would have Ff.

[3922] tailor: well] tailer: wel Q. taylour well Ff.

[3923] to a] to be a Rowe.

[3924] sir] om. Ff.

[3925] next] Q. the next Ff.

[3926] 'Fore God] Q. Trust me Ff.

me] om. Q.

[3927] O Lord] Q. Oh Ff.

[3928] thou art] Q. th' art Ff.

[3929] Here] Q. There Ff.

two] om. Capell. one Jervis conj.

[3930] by my] Q. in good Ff.

[3931] field] fields F4.

[3932] good ... that.] Ff. master Shallow. Q.

[3933] never could] could never Capell.

[3934] By the mass] Q. om. Ff.

[3935] came to] came from Capell.

Clement's Inn] Ff. Clemham Q.

[3936] year] yeare Q. yeeres F1 F2. yeares F3 F4.

[3937] That we have] Thrice in Q; twice in Ff.

[3938] watch-word] watch-world F2.

[3939] Come, let's to dinner] Once in Pope.

Jesus] Q. Oh Ff.

[3940] [Exeunt....] Exeunt. Q. om. Ff.

[3941] old] Ff. om. Q.

[3942] has] Q. hath Ff.

[3943] forty, sir] four too, sir Capell conj. forty shillings Id. conj. (withdrawn).

[3944] By my troth] Q. om. Ff.

[3945] owe God] Q. owe Ff.

I'll ne'er] Ile nere Q. I will never Ff.

[3946] an't] Capell. and't Q. if it Ff.

[3947] serve's] Q. serve his Ff.

[3948] thou'rt] th' art Q. thou art Ff.

[3949] Faith, I'll] Nay, I will Ff.

Re-enter....] Capell. Enter.... Q. om. Ff.

[3950] Shadow] Q F1. Shallow F2 F3 F4.

[3951] stay] you have stayed Farmer conj.

[3952] till you] still; you Rann (Tyrwhitt conj.).

[3953] assemblance] semblance Pope. assemblage Capell.

[3954] Here's Wart;] Heres Wart, Q. Where's Wart? Ff.

[3955] retreat] F3 F4. retraite Q. retrait F1 F2.

[3956] thus, thus, thus] Ff. thas, thas, thas Q.

[3957] chapt] chopt Q Ff.

bald shot] Ballde, Shot Q.

i' faith] om. Ff.

[3958] craft's-master] crafts-master Q F1 F2. craft-master F3 F4.

[3959] a'] a Q. hee or he Ff (and elsewhere).

[3960] ne'er] nere Q. never Ff.

[3961] well ... Silence] well M. Shallow, God keep you M. Scilens, Q. well, Master Shallow. Farewell Master Silence, Ff. well. Master Shallow, God keep you; farewel, master Silence. Pope.

[3962] well, Master ... with you.] well. Master Shallow, God keep you: Master Silence, I will ... you; Farmer conj. MS.

[3963] will] Ff. wooll Q.

[3964] the Lord] Q. heaven Ff.

God prosper] Q. and prosper Ff.

[3965] God send] Q. and send Ff.

peace! At your return] peace at your returne, Q. peace. As you returne, Ff.

[3966] our house] Q. my house Ff.

[3967] ye] Q. you Ff.

[3968] 'Fore God, I ... Shallow.] Fore God would you would. Q. I would ... Shallow. Ff. 'Fore God, I would you would Collier.

[3969] God keep you.] Q. Fare you well. Ff.

[3970] gentle] om. F4.

[Exeunt....] Exit. Q. Exit. Ff (after line 281).

[3971] On,] Shal. On, Q.

[Exeunt B., ...] Capell. om. Q Ff.

[3972] Lord, Lord] Q. om. Ff.

[3973] prate] prated Pope.

[3974] Turnbull] Q. Turnball Ff.

duer] more duly Pope.

[3975] invincible] invisible Rowe.

genius] gemies Q. See note (X).

[3976] yet ... mandrake] Omitted in Ff.

[3977] ever] Ff. over Q.

[3978] and sung ... good-nights.] Omitted in Ff.

[3979] overscutched] overswitched Grant White.

[3980] this] Q F1 F2. the F3 F4.

[3981] John a Gaunt] Q. John of Gaunt Ff.

[3982] a' ne'er] a nere Q. he never Ff.

[3983] burst] broke Pope.

[3984] thrust] Q. truss'd Ff.

[3985] has] Q. hath Ff.

beefs] beefes Q. beeves Ff.

I'll] ile Q. I will Ff.

[3986] and it] Ff. and t' Q.

[3987] two stones] true stone Jackson conj.

[3988] Let]See note (X).

[3989] there] there's Rowe.

[Exit.] Exeunt. Ff. om. Q.