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me off the villain's head; throw the quean in

the channel.

Host. Throw me in the channel! I'll throw

thee in the channel. Wilt thou? wilt thou? thou

bastardly rogue! Murder, murder! Ah, thou

honey-suckle villain! wilt thou kill God's officers

and the king's? Ah, thou honey-seed rogue!

thou art a honey-seed, a man-queller, and a

woman-queller.

Fal. Keep them off, Bardolph.

Fang. A rescue! a rescue!

Host. Good people, bring a rescue or two!

Thou wo't, wo't thou? thou wo't, wo't ta? do,

do, thou rogue! do, thou hemp-seed!

Fal. Away, you scullion! you rampallian!

you fustilarian! I'll tickle your catastrophe.

''Ch. Just.'' What is the matter? keep the peace

here, ho!

Host. Good my lord, be good to me! I be-

seech you, stand to me!

''Ch. Just.'' How now, Sir John! what! are you brawling here?

Doth this become your place, your time and business?

You should have been well on your way to York.

Stand from him, fellow: wherefore hang'st upon him?

Host. O, my most worshipful lord, an 't

please your grace, I am a poor widow of East-

cheap, and he is arrested at my suit.

''Ch. Just.'' For what sum?

 53 quean: hussy

54 channel: kennel, i.e., gutter

58 honey-suckle: Dame Quickly's error for 'homicidal'

59 honey-seed : homicide

60 man-queller: man-killer

65 wo't: wouldst

ta: thou

67, 68 Cf. n. 