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 GOWER
  No; fifteen hundred foot, five hundred horse
  Are marched up to my Lord of Lancaster
  Against Northumberland and the Archbishop.
GOWER
No. Fifteen hundred infantrymen and five hundred horsemen are marching to meet Lord Lancaster, to fight against Northumberland and the Archbishop.
 FALSTAFF
  Comes the King back from Wales, my noble lord?
FALSTAFF
Is the King back from Wales, my noble lord?
 CHIEF JUSTICE
150 You shall have letters of me presently.
  Come. Go along with me, good Master Gower.
CHIEF JUSTICE
I'll give you some letters shortly. Come with me, Master Gower.
 FALSTAFF
  My lord!
FALSTAFF
Sir!
 CHIEF JUSTICE
  What's the matter?
CHIEF JUSTICE
What's the matter?
 FALSTAFF
  Master Gower, shall I entreat you with me to dinner?
FALSTAFF
Master Gower, would you like to join me for lunch?
 GOWER
155 I must wait upon my good lord here. I thank you, good Sir
  John.
GOWER
I have to attend to this noble man right here. But thank you, Sir John.
 CHIEF JUSTICE
  Sir John, you loiter here too long, being you are to take
  soldiers up in counties as you go.
CHIEF JUSTICE
Sir John, you've been loitering here too long. You have to recruit soldiers in the counties you pass through on your way north.
 FALSTAFF
  Will you sup with me, Master Gower?
FALSTAFF
Will you join me for supper, then, Master Gower?
 CHIEF JUSTICE
160 What foolish master taught you these manners, Sir John?
CHIEF JUSTICE
What foolish teacher taught you these manners, Sir John?
 FALSTAFF
  Master Gower, if they become me not, he was a fool that
  taught them me.—This is the right fencing grace, my lord:
  tap for tap, and so part fair.
FALSTAFF
Master Gower, if my manners are inappropriate, I must have indeed been taught by a fool. That's how the game is played—tit for tat, and game over.
 CHIEF JUSTICE
  Now the Lord lighten thee. Thou art a great fool.
CHIEF JUSTICE
God help you! You are a great fool.
Exeunt
They exit.

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