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tell you you lie in your throat if you say I

am any other than an honest man.

Fal. I give thee leave to tell me so! I lay

aside that which grows to me! If thou gett'st

any leave of me, hang me: if thou takest leave,

thou wert better be hanged. You hunt counter:

hence! avaunt!

Ser. Sir, my lord would speak with you.

''Ch. Just.'' Sir John Falstaff, a word with

you.

Fal. My good lord! God give your lordship

good time of day. I am glad to see your lord-

ship abroad; I heard say your lordship was sick:

I hope your lordship goes abroad by advice.

Your lordship, though not clean past your youth,

hath yet some smack of age in you, some relish

of the saltness of time; and I most humbly be-

seech your lordship to have a reverend care of

your health.

''Ch. Just.'' Sir John, I sent for you before your

expedition to Shrewsbury.

Fal. An 't please your lordship, I hear his

majesty is returned with some discomfort from

Wales.

''Ch. Just.'' I talk not of his majesty. You

would not come when I sent for you.

Fal. And I hear, moreover, his highness is

fallen into this same whoreson apoplexy.

''Ch. Just.'' Well, God mend him! I pray you,

let me speak with you.

Fal. This apoplexy is, as I take it, a kind of

lethargy, an 't please your lordship; a kind of

sleeping in the blood, a whoreson tingling.

 102 hunt counter; cf. n. 