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A
Pleasant Conceited Comedie,

of
_Syr Iohn Falstaffe,_

and
the merry Wiues of _Windsor_.

_Enter Iustice _Shallow_, Syr _Hugh_, Maister _Page_,
and _Slender_._

_Shal._ Nere talke to me, Ile make a star-chamber matter of it.
The Councell shall know it.

_Page._ Nay good maister _Shallow_ be perswaded by mee.

_Slen._ Nay surely my vncle shall not put it vp so.

_Sir Hu._ Wil you not heare reasons M. _Slenders?_ 5
You should heare reasons.

_Shal._ Tho he be a knight, he shall not thinke to carrie it so away.
M. _Page_ I will not be wronged. For you
Syr, I loue you, and for my cousen,
He comes to looke vpon your daughter. 10

_Pa._ And heres my hand, and if my daughter
Like him so well as I, wee'l quickly haue it a match:
In the meane time let me entreate you to soiourne
Here a while. And on my life Ile vndertake
To make you friends. 15

_Sir Hu._ I pray you M. _Shallowes_ let it be so.
The matter is pud to arbitarments.
The first man is M. _Page_, videlicet M. _Page_.
The second is my selfe, videlicet my selfe.
The third and last man, is mine host of the gartyr. 20

_Enter Syr _Iohn Falstaffe_, _Pistoll_, _Bardolfe_, and _Nim_._

Heere is sir _Iohn_ himselfe now, looke you.

_Fal._ Now M. _Shallow_, youle complaine of me to the Councell, I
heare?

_Shal._ Sir _Iohn_, sir _Iohn_, you haue hurt my keeper, [25]
Kild my dogs, stolne my deere.

_Fal._ But not kissed your keepers daughter.

_Shal._ Well this shall be answered.

_Fal._ He answere it strait. I haue done all this.
This is now answred.

_Shal._ Well, the Councell shall know it. 30

_Fal._ Twere better for you twere knowne in counsell,
Youle be laught at.

_Sir Hugh._ Good vrdes sir _Iohn_, good vrdes.

_Fal._ Good vrdes, good Cabidge.
_Slender_ I brake your head, 35
What matter haue you against mee?

_Slen._ I haue matter in my head against you and your cogging
companions, _Pistoll_ and _Nym._ They carried mee to the Tauerne,
and made mee drunke, and afterward picked my pocket.

_Fal._ What say you to this _Pistoll_, did you picke