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Scene IIIA field near WindsorEnter Doctor Caius and RugbyDoctor CaiusJack Rugby!RugbySir?Doctor CaiusVat is de clock, Jack?Rugby’Tis past the hour, sir, that Sir Hugh promised to meet.Doctor CaiusBy gar, he has save his soul, dat he is no come; he has pray his Pible well, dat he is no come: by gar, Jack Rugby, he is dead already, if he be come.RugbyHe is wise, sir; he knew your worship would kill him, if he came.Doctor CaiusBy gar, de herring is no dead so as I vill kill him. Take your rapier, Jack; I vill tell you how I vill kill him.RugbyAlas, sir, I cannot fence.Doctor CaiusVillany, take your rapier.RugbyForbear; here’s company.Enter Host, Shallow, Slender, and PageHostBless thee, bully doctor!ShallowSave you, Master Doctor Caius!PageNow, good master doctor!SlenderGive you good morrow, sir.Doctor CaiusVat be all you, one, two, tree, four, come for?HostTo see thee fight, to see thee foin, to see thee traverse; to see thee here, to see thee there; to see thee pass thy punto, thy stock, thy reverse, thy distance, thy montant. Is he dead, my Ethiopian? is he dead, my Francisco? ha, bully! What says my Æsculapius? my Galen? my heart of elder? ha! is he dead, bully stale? is he dead?Doctor CaiusBy gar, he is de coward Jack priest of de vorld; he is not show his face.HostThou art a Castalion-King-Urinal. Hector of Greece, my boy!Doctor CaiusI pray you, bear vitness that me have stay six or seven, two, tree hours for him, and he is no come.ShallowHe is the wiser man, master doctor: he is a curer of souls, and you a curer of bodies; if you should fight, you go against the hair of your professions. Is it not true, Master Page?PageMaster Shallow, you have yourself been a great fighter, though now a man of peace.ShallowBodykins, Master Page, though I now be old and of the peace, if I see a sword out, my finger itches to make one. Though we are justices and doctors and churchmen, Master Page, we have some salt of our youth in us; we are the sons of women, Master Page.Page’Tis true, Master Shallow.ShallowIt will be found so, Master Page. Master Doctor Caius, I am come to fetch you home. I am sworn of the peace: you have showed yourself a wise physician, and Sir Hugh hath shown himself a wise and patient churchman. You must go with me, master doctor.HostPardon, guest-justice. A word, Mounseur Mockwater.Doctor CaiusMock-vater! vat is dat?HostMock-water, in our English tongue, is valour, bully.Doctor CaiusBy gar, den, I have as mush mock-vater as de Englishman. Scurvy jack-dog priest! by gar, me vill cut his ears.HostHe will clapper-claw thee tightly, bully.Doctor CaiusClapper-de-claw! vat is dat?HostThat is, he will make thee amends.Doctor CaiusBy gar, me do look he shall clapper-de-claw me; for, by gar, me vill have it.HostAnd I will provoke him to’t, or let him wag.Doctor CaiusMe tank you for dat.HostAnd, moreover, bully,—but first, master guest, and Master Page, and eke Cavaleiro Slender, go you through the town to Frogmore.Aside to themPageSir Hugh is there, is he?HostHe is there: see what humour he is in; and I will bring the doctor about by the fields. Will it do well?ShallowWe will do it.Page, Shallow, SlenderAdieu, good master doctor.Exeunt Page, Shallow, and SlenderDoctor CaiusBy gar, me vill kill de priest; for he speak for a jack-an-ape to Anne Page.HostLet him die: sheathe thy impatience, throw cold water on thy choler: go about the fields with me through Frogmore: I will bring thee where Mistress Anne Page is, at a farm-house a-feasting; and thou shalt woo her. Cried I aim? said I well?Doctor CaiusBy gar, me dank you for dat: by gar, I love you; and I shall procure-a you de good guest, de earl, de knight, de lords, de gentlemen, my patients.HostFor the which I will be thy adversary toward Anne Page. Said I well?Doctor CaiusBy gar, ’tis good; vell said.HostLet us wag, then.Doctor CaiusCome at my heels, Jack Rugby.Exeunt
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