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by the tree, then, peremptorily I speak it, there is

virtue in that Falstaff: him keep with, the rest

banish. And tell me now, thou naughty varlet,

tell me, where hast thou been this month?

Prince. Dost thou speak like a king? Do

thou stand for me, and I'll play my father.

Fal. Depose me? if thou dost it half so

gravely, so majestically, both in word and

matter, hang me up by the heels for a rabbit-

sucker or a poulter's hare.

Prince. Well, here I am set.

Fal. And here I stand. Judge, my masters.

Prince. Now, Harry! whence come you?

Fal. My noble lord, from Eastcheap.

Prince. The complaints I hear of thee are

grievous.

Fal. 'Sblood, my lord, they are false!

[Aside to Prince.] Nay, I'll tickle ye for a young

prince, i' faith.

Prince. Swearest thou, ungracious boy? hence-

forth ne'er look on me. Thou art violently car-

ried away from grace: there is a devil haunts

thee in the likeness of an old fat man; a tun of

man is thy companion. Why dost thou con-

verse with that trunk of humours, that bolting-

hutch of beastliness, that swoln parcel of dropsies,

that huge bombard of sack, that stuffed cloak-

bag of guts, that roasted Manningtree ox with

the pudding in his belly, that reverend vice, that

grey iniquity, that father ruffian, that vanity in

 486-487 Cf. n.

495 Cf. n.

501 trunk of humours: chest full of caprices

bolting-hutch: bin for sifting meat

503 bombard: large leather vessel for holding liquor

cloak-bag: portmanteau

504 Manningtree: cf. n. 