The Garter Inn
Enter FALSTAFF and MISTRESS QUICKLY
FALSTAFF.Prithee, no more prattling; go.I'll, hold.This is the third time; I hope good luck lies in odd numbers.Away, go; they say there is divinity in odd numbers, either in nativity, chance, or death.Away.QUICKLY.I'll provide you a chain, and I'll do what I can to get you a pair of horns.FALSTAFF.Away, I say; time wears; hold up your head, and mince.Exit MRS.QUICKLYEnter FORD disguised
How now, Master Brook.Master Brook, the matter will be known tonight or never.Be you in the Park about midnight, at Herne's oak, and you shall see wonders.FORD.Went you not to her yesterday, sir, as you told me you had appointed? FALSTAFF.I went to her, Master Brook, as you see, like a poor old man; but I came from her, Master Brook, like a poor old woman.That same knave Ford, her husband, hath the finest mad devil of jealousy in him, Master Brook, that ever govern'd frenzy.I will tell you-he beat me grievously in the shape of a woman; for in the shape of man, Master Brook, I fear not Goliath with a weaver's beam; because I know also life is a shuttle.I am in haste; go along with me; I'll.tell you all, Master Brook.Since I pluck'd geese, play'd truant, and whipp'd top, I knew not what 'twas to be beaten till lately.Follow me.I'll tell you strange things of this knave-Ford, on whom to-night I will be revenged, and I will deliver his wife into your hand.Follow.Strange things in hand, Master Brook! Follow.Exeunt