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Prince. Would not this nave of a wheel have

his ears cut off?

Poins. Let's beat him before his whore.

Prince. Look, whether the withered elder

hath not his poll clawed like a parrot.

Poins. Is it not strange that desire should so

many years outlive performance?

Fal. Kiss me, Doll.

Prince. Saturn and Venus this year in con-

junction! what says the almanack to that?

Poins. And, look, whether the fiery Trigon,

his man, be not lisping to his master's old tables,

his note-book, his counsel-keeper.

Fal. Thou dost give me flattering busses.

Dol. By my troth, I kiss thee with a most

constant heart.

Fal. I am old, I am old.

Dol. I love thee better than I love e'er a

scurvy young boy of them all.

Fal. What stuff wilt have a kirtle of? I

shall receive money o' Thursday; shalt have

a cap to-morrow. A merry song! come: it grows

late; we'll to bed. Thou'lt forget me when I

am gone.

Dol. By my troth, thou'lt set me a-weeping

an thou sayst so: prove that ever I dress myself

handsome till thy return. Well, hearken at the

end.

Fal. Some sack, Francis!

 278 nave of a wheel: Falstaff's knavery and rotundity are both included in this phrase

282 poll: head

286 Cf. n.

288 fiery Trigon: Bardolph; cf. n.

289 lisping: making love

old tables: old account book, i.e., the hostess

297 kirtle: waist or skirt or both

304 hearken at: watch 