Page:Henry IV Part 2 (1921) Yale.djvu/78

66

Nightwork by old Nightwork before I came to

Clement's Inn.

Sil. That's fifty-five years ago.

Shal. Ha! cousin Silence, that thou hadst

seen that that this knight and I have seen. Ha!

Sir John, said I well?

Fal. We have heard the chimes at midnight,

Master Shallow.

Shal. That we have, that we have, that we

have; in faith, Sir John, we have. Our watch-

word was, 'Hem boys!' Come, let's to dinner;

come, let's to dinner. Jesus, the days that we

have seen! Come, come.

Exeunt [Falstaff, Shallow, and Silence].

Bull. Good Master Corporate Bardolph, stand

my friend, and here's four Harry ten shillings in

French crowns for you. In very truth, sir, I had

as lief be hanged, sir, as go: and yet, for mine

own part, sir, I do not care; but rather, because

I am unwilling, and, for mine own part, have a

desire to stay with my friends: else, sir, I did

not care, for mine own part, so much.

Bard. Go to; stand aside.

Moul. And, good Master corporal captain, for

my old dame's sake, stand my friend: she has

nobody to do anything about her, when I am

gone; and she is old, and cannot help herself.

You shall have forty, sir.

Bard. Go to; stand aside.

Fee. By my troth, I care not; a man can die

but once; we owe God a death. I'll ne'er bear

a base mind: an 't be my destiny, so; an 't be

not, so. No man's too good to serve's prince;

 238 Corporate: blunder for 'Corporal'

239 Harry ten shillings; cf. n. 