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King Henry the Fourth, III. iii

Fal. What thing! why, a thing to thank

God on.

Host. I am no thing to thank God on, I

would thou shouldst know it; I am an honest

man's wife; and, setting thy knighthood aside,

thou art a knave to call me so.

Fal. Setting thy womanhood aside, thou art

a beast to say otherwise.

Host. Say, what beast, thou knave thou?

Fal. What beast! why, an otter.

Prince. An otter, Sir John! why, an otter?

Fal. Why? she's neither fish nor flesh; a

man knows not where to have her.

Host. Thou art an unjust man in saying so:

thou or any man knows where to have me, thou

knave thou!

Prince. Thou sayest true, hostess; and he

slanders thee most grossly.

Host. So he doth you, my lord; and said this

other day you ought him a thousand pound.

Prince. Sirrah! do I owe you a thousand

pound?

Fal. A thousand pound, Hal! a million: thy

love is worth a million; thou owest me thy love.

Host. Nay, my lord, he called you Jack, and

said he would cudgel you.

Fal. Did I, Bardolph?

Bard. Indeed, Sir John, you said so.

Fal. Yea; if he said my ring was copper.

Prince. I say 'tis copper: darest thou be as

good as thy word now?

Fal. Why, Hal, thou knowest, as thou art

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