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take his bond and yours: he liked not the

security.

Fal. Let him be damned like the glutton! Pray

God his tongue be hotter! A whoreson Achito-

phel! a rascally yea-forsooth knave! to bear a

gentleman in hand, and then stand upon security.

The whoreson smooth-pates do now wear noth-

ing but high shoes, and bunches of keys at their

girdles; and if a man is through with them in

honest taking up, then they must stand upon

security. I had as lief they would put ratsbane

in my mouth as offer to stop it with security. I

looked a' should have sent me two and twenty

yards of satin, as I am a true knight, and he

sends me security. Well, he may sleep in secur-

ity; for he hath the horn of abundance, and the

lightness of his wife shines through it: and yet

cannot he see, though he have his own lanthorn

to light him. Where's Bardolph?

Page. He's gone into Smithfield to buy your

worship a horse.

Fal. I bought him in Paul's, and he'll buy

me a horse in Smithfield: an I could get me

but a wife in the stews, I were manned, horsed,

and wived.

Enter Chief Justice and Servant.

Page. Sir, here comes the nobleman that

committed the prince for striking him about

Bardolph.

Fal. Wait close; I will not see him.

 38 glutton; cf. n.

39 Achitophel; cf. n.

40 yea-forsooth knave; cf. n.

bear in hand: delude with false hopes

42 smooth-pates: roundheads, or Puritanical citizen class

44 through: serious

45 taking up: obtaining goods on trust

48 a': he

51-54 Cf. n.

57 Paul's; cf. n.

61, 62 Cf. n. 