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And so far will I trust thee, gentle Kate.

Lady P. How! so far?

Hot. Not an inch further. But, hark you, Kate;

Whither I go, thither shall you go too;

To-day will I set forth, to-morrow you.

Will this content you, Kate?

Lady P. It must, of force. Exeunt.

Prince. Ned, prithee, come out of that fat

room, and lend me thy hand to laugh a little.

Poins. Where hast been, Hal?

Prince. With three or four loggerheads a-

mongst three or four score hogsheads. I have

sounded the very base string of humility. Sir-

rah, I am sworn brother to a leash of drawers,

and can call them all by their christen names,

as Tom, Dick, and Francis. They take it already

upon their salvation, that though I be but Prince

of Wales, yet I am the king of courtesy; and tell

me flatly I am no proud Jack, like Falstaff, but

a Corinthian, a lad of mettle, a good boy,—by

the Lord, so they call me,—and when I am king

of England, I shall command all the good lads

in Eastcheap. They call drinking deep, dyeing

scarlet; and when you breathe in your watering,

they cry 'hem!' and bid you play it off. To

 1 fat room: room containing vats (?), or close, stuffy room

7 leash: three on a string

drawers: waiters

9 take it upon: swear by

13 Corinthian: good sport

17 breathe watering: stop to breathe while drinking

18 play: toss 