The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare
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PISTOL.
Didst not thou share? Hadst thou not fifteen pence? FALSTAFF. Reason, you rogue, reason. Thinkest thou I'll endanger my soul gratis? At a word, hang no more about me, I am no gibbet for you: go: a short knife and a throng!--to your manor of Picht-hatch! go. You'll not bear a letter for me, you rogue!--you stand upon your honour!--Why, thou unconfinable baseness, it is as much as I can do to keep the terms of my honour precise. I, I, I myself sometimes, leaving the fear of God on the left hand, and hiding mine honour in my necessity, am fain to shuffle, to hedge, and to lurch; and yet you, rogue, will ensconce your rags, your cat-a-mountain looks, your red-lattice phrases, and your bold-beating oaths, under the shelter of your honour! You will not do it, you! PISTOL. I do relent; what wouldst thou more of man? [Enter ROBIN.] ROBIN. Sir, here's a woman would speak with you. FALSTAFF. Let her approach. [Enter MISTRESS QUICKLY.] QUICKLY. |
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