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Exeunt.

Scene III IT

Enter Sir John [Falstaff], Shallow, Silence, Davy, Bardolph, Page.

SHALLOW
Nay, you shall see my orchard, where, in an arbour, we will eat a last year’s

pippin of my own graffing, with a dish of caraways, and so forth. Come,
cousin Silence. And then to bed.

FALSTAFF
’Fore God, you have here a goodly dwelling and [5] a rich.

SHALLOW
Barren, barren, barren. Beggars all, beggars all, Sir John. Marry, good air.
Spread, Davy, spread, Davy. Well said, Davy.

FALSTAFF
This Davy serves you for good uses. He is your [10] serving-man and your

husband.

SHALLOW
A good varlet, a good varlet, a very good varlet, Sir John. By the mass, I have
drunk too much sack at supper. A good varlet. Now sit down, now sit down.
Come, cousin. [15]

SILENCE

Ah, sirrah! quoth-a, we shall
[Sings]
Do nothing but eat, and make good cheer,
And praise God for the merry year,
When flesh is cheap and females dear,

And lusty lads roam here and there [20]
So merrily,
And ever among so merrily.