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same day did I fight with one Sampson Stock-

fish, a fruiterer, behind Gray's Inn. Jesu! Jesu!

the mad days that I have spent; and to see how

many of my old acquaintance are dead!

Sil. We shall all follow, cousin.

Shal. Certain, 'tis certain; very sure, very

sure: death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to

all; all shall die. How a good yoke of bullocks

at Stamford fair?

Sil. By my troth, I was not there.

Shal. Death is certain. Is old Double of your

town living yet?

Sil. Dead, sir.

Shal. Jesu! Jesu! dead! a' drew a good

bow; and dead! a' shot a fine shoot: John a

Gaunt loved him well, and betted much money

on his head. Dead! a' would have clapped i' the

clout at twelve score; and carried you a fore-

hand shaft a fourteen and fourteen and a half,

that it would have done a man's heart good to

see. How a score of ewes now?

Sil. Thereafter as they be: a score of good

ewes may be worth ten pounds.

Shal. And is old Double dead?

Sil. Here come two of Sir John Falstaff's

men, as I think.

Shal. Good morrow, honest gentlemen.

Bard. I beseech you, which is Justice Shallow?

Shal. I am Robert Shallow, sir; a poor

esquire of this county, and one of the king's

 42 How: what price

51 clapped i' the clout: hit the white mark in the target

52 at twelve score: at twelve score yards

52, 53 forehand shaft: arrow made for shooting straight forward

53 a fourteen, etc.: fourteen score yards 