The Merry Wives of Windsor · Act 5, Scene 3

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Enter MISTRESS PAGE, MISTRESS FORD, and DOCTOR CAIUS
Enter MISTRESS PAGE, MISTRESS FORD, and DOCTOR CAIUS
Mistress Page

Master doctor, my daughter is in green: when you see your time, take her by the band, away with her to the deanery, and dispatch it quickly. Go before into the Park: we two must go together.

Mistress Page

Doctor, my daughter is dressed in green: when you see your chance, take her by the hand, take her to the deanery, and do it quickly. Go ahead into the Park: we two must go together.

Doctor Caius

I know vat I have to do. Adieu.

Doctor Caius

I know what I have to do. Goodbye.

Mistress Page

Fare you well, sir.

Mistress Page

Goodbye, sir.

Exit DOCTOR CAIUS
Exit DOCTOR CAIUS
Mistress Page

My husband will not rejoice so much at the abuse of Falstaff as he will chafe at the doctor’s marrying my daughter: but ’tis no matter; better a little chiding than a great deal of heart-break.

Mistress Page

My husband won’t be as upset by Falstaff’s trickery as he will by the doctor marrying my daughter: but it’s no big deal; better a little scolding than a lot of heartache.

Mistress Ford

Where is Nan now and her troop of fairies, and the Welsh devil Hugh?

Mistress Ford

Where is Nan now and her group of fairies, and the Welsh devil Hugh?

Mistress Page

They are all couched in a pit hard by Herne’s oak, with obscured lights; which, at the very instant of Falstaff’s and our meeting, they will at once display to the night.

Mistress Page

They’re all hiding in a pit near Herne’s oak, with covered lights; which, at the very moment of Falstaff’s and our meeting, they’ll reveal to the night.

Mistress Ford

That cannot choose but amaze him.

Mistress Ford

That’s sure to shock him.

Mistress Page

If he be not amazed, he will be mocked; if he be amazed, he will every way be mocked.

Mistress Page

If he’s not shocked, he’ll be made fun of; if he is shocked, he’ll still be made fun of.

Mistress Ford

We’ll betray him finely.

Mistress Ford

We’ll fool him brilliantly.

Mistress Page

Against such lewdsters and their lechery Those that betray them do no treachery.

Mistress Page

Against such scoundrels and their lust Those who betray them are not traitors.

Mistress Ford

The hour draws on. To the oak, to the oak!

Mistress Ford

The time is coming. To the oak, to the oak!

Exuent
Exuent

End of Act 5, Scene 3

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