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Enter SHALLOW, FALSTAFF, PAGE, and BARDOLPH
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SHALLOW, FALSTAFF, BARDOLPH, and the PAGE enter. |
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SHALLOW
By cock and pie, sir, you shall not away tonight.—What,
Davy, I say!
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SHALLOW
By gum, sir, you will not leave tonight. Hey, Davy!
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FALSTAFF
You must excuse me, Master Robert Shallow.
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FALSTAFF
Please excuse me, Master Robert Shallow.
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SHALLOW
I will not excuse you. You shall not be excused. Excuses
shall not be admitted. There is no excuse shall serve. You
shall not be excused.—Why, Davy!
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SHALLOW
I will not excuse you. You will not be excused. Excuses will not be allowed. No excuse will do. You will not be excused. Hey, Davy!
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Enter DAVY
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DAVY enters. |
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DAVY
Here, sir.
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DAVY
Here, sir.
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SHALLOW
Davy, Davy, Davy, Davy, let me see, Davy, let me see, Davy,
let me see. Yea, marry, William cook, bid him come
hither.—Sir John, you shall not be excused.
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SHALLOW
Davy, Davy, Davy, Davy, let’s see, Davy, let’s see, Davy, let’s see. Oh yes, right: tell William the cook to come here. Sir John, you will not be excused.
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DAVY
Marry, sir, thus: those precepts cannot be served. And again,
sir, shall we sow the hade land with wheat?
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DAVY
Well sir, here’s the thing. Those warrants couldn’t be served. And once more, sir, should we plant wheat at the field’s edges?
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SHALLOW
With red wheat, Davy. But for William cook, are there no
young pigeons?
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SHALLOW
Plant red wheat, Davy. But as for William the cook—aren’t there any young pigeons?
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DAVY
Yes, sir. Here is now the smith’s note for shoeing and plow
irons.
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DAVY
Yes, sir. Here’s the bill from the blacksmith for horseshoes and plow blades.
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