Shat. It is beft certain: but to stand stained with trauaile, and fweating with defire to fee him, thinking of nothing els, putting all affaires elfe in obliuion, as if there were nothing els to bee done, but to fee him.

Pift. Tis femper idem, for, obfque hoc nihil eft, tis in euery

part.

Shal. Tis fo indeede.

Pift. My knight, I will inflame thy noble liuer, and make thee rage, thy Dol, and Helen of thy noble thoughts, is in bafe durance, and contagious prifon, halde thither by most mechanical, and durtie hand: rowze vp reuenge from ebon den, with fell Alectoes fnake, for Doll is in: Pistoll speakes nought but truth.

Falft. I will deliuer her.

Pift. There roared the fea, and trumpet clangor sounds.

Enter the king and his traine.

Falft. God faue thy grace king Hall, my royall Hall. Pift. The heauens thee gard and keep, most royal impe of fame.

Falft. God faue thee, my fweet boy.

King. My lord chiefe iuftice, fpeake to that vaine man.

F Iuft. Haue you your wits? know you what tis you fpeake?

Falft. My king, my loue, I fpeake to thee, my heart.

King. I know thee not old man, fall to thy praiers,

How ill white heires becomes a foole and iester,
I haue long dreampt of fuch a kind of man,
So furfet-fweld, fo old, and fo prophane :
But being awakt, I do defpife my dreame,
Make leffe thy body (hence) and more thy grace,
Leaue gourmandizing, know the graue doth gape
For thee, thrice wider then for other men,
Reply not to me with a foole-borne ieft,

Prefume

Prefume not that I am the thing I was,

For God doth know, fo fhall the world perceiue,
That I haue turnd away my former selfe,
So will I thofe that kept me company:
When thou dost heare I am as I haue bin,.
Approch me, and thou shalt be as thou waft,
The tutor and the feeder of my riots
Till then I banish thee, on paine of death,
As I haue done the reft of my misleaders,
Not to come neare our perfon by ten mile: '
For competence of life, I wil allow you,
That lacke of meanes enforce you not to euills,
And as we heare you do reforme your felues,
We will according to your strengths and qualitie,
Giue you aduauncement. Be it your charge, my lord,
To fee performd the tenure of my word: fet on.

Ichn. Mafter Shallow I ow you a thousand pound.

Shal. Yea mary fir Iohn, which I beseech you to let me haue home with me.

John. That can hardly be, mafter Shalow: do not you grieue at this, I shall be fent for in priuate to him, looke you, hee must seeme thus to the world: feare not your aduauncements, I will be the man yet that fhal make you great.

Shal. I cannot perceiue how, vnleffe you giue me your dublet, and stuffe me out with ftraw: I befeech you good fir Iohn let me haue fiue hundred of my thoufand,

John. Sir I will be as good as my worde, this that you heard was but a collour.

Shal. A collor that I feare you will die in fir Iohn..

Ichn. Feare no colours, go with me to dinner :

Come lieftenant Piftol, come Bardolfe,

I fhall be fent for foone at night.

Enter

Enter iuftice and prince Iohn.

Iuftice. Go cary fir Iohn Falftalfe to the Fleet,

Take all his company along with him.

Fal. My lord, my lord.

Iuft. I cannot now fpeake, I will heare you foone, take

them away.

Pift. Si fortuna me tormenta spero contenta.

John. I like this faire proceeding of the kings, He hath intent his wonted followers

Shall all be very well prouided for,

But all are banifht till their conuerfations

Appeare more wife and modeft to the worlde.
Iuft. And fo they are.

John. The king hath cald his parlament my lord.
Juft: He hath.

John. I wil lay ods, that ere this yeere expire,
We beare our ciuil fwords and natiue fiet,

As farre as France, I heard a bird so sing,

Whose mufique, to my thinking, pleafde the king:
Come, will you hence?

EPILO GUE.

First my feare then my curfie, last my speech.

Exeuut.

My feare, is your displeasure, my curfy, my duty, and my speech, to beg your pardons: if you looke for a good speech now, you vndo me, for what I haue to fay is of mine owne making, and what indeed (I should say) wil (I doubt) proue mine owne marring: but to the purpose, and fo to the venture. Be it knowne to you, as it is very well, I was lately here in the end of a difpleafing play, to pray your patience for it, and to promise you a better: I meant indeed to pay you with this, which if like an il venture it come vnluckily home, I breake, and you my gentle creditors loofe, here I promifde

bate

you I would be, and here I commit my body to your mercies, bate me fome, and I will pay you fome, and (as most debtors do) promise you infinitely: and fo I kneele downe before you; but indeed, to pray for the queene.

If my tongue cannot intreate you to acquit me, will you commaund me to vse my legges? and yet that were but light payment, to daunce out of your debt, but a good confcience will make any poffible fatisfaction, and fo woulde I: all the gentlewomen heere haue forgiuen me, if the gentlemen will not, then the gentlemen doe not agree with the gentlewomen, which was neuer feene in fuch an assemblie.

One word more I beseech you, if you bee not too much cloyd with fatte meate, our humble author will continue the ftorie, with fir Iohn in it, and make you merry with faire Katharine of Fraunce, where (for any thing I knowe) Falstaffe shall die of a sweat, vnleffe already a be killd with your harde opinions; for Olde-caftle died martyre, and this is not the man: my tongue is weary, when my legges are too, I wil bid you, good night.

END OF VO L. II.