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King Henry the Fourth, III. ii

and let it go which way it will, he that dies this

year is quit for the next.

Bard. Well said; thou'rt a good fellow.

Fee. Faith, I'll bear no base mind.

Fal. Come, sir, which men shall I have?

Shal. Four, of which you please.

Bard. [To Falstaff.] Sir, a word with you.

I have three pound to free Mouldy and Bullcalf.

Fal. [Aside to Bardolph.] Go to; well.

Shal. Come, Sir John, which four will you

have?

Fal. Do you choose for me.

Shal. Marry, then, Mouldy, Bullcalf, Feeble,

and Shadow.

Fal. Mouldy, and Bullcalf: for you, Mouldy,

stay at home till you are past service: and for

your part, Bullcalf, grow till you come unto it:

I will none of you.

Shal. Sir John, Sir John, do not yourself

wrong: they are your likeliest men, and I would

have you served with the best.

Fal. Will you tell me, Master Shallow, how

to choose a man? Care I for the limb, the thewes,

the stature, bulk, and big assemblance of a man!

Give me the spirit, Master Shallow. Here's

Wart; you see what a ragged appearance it is:

a' shall charge you and discharge you with the

motion of a pewterer's hammer, come off and on

swifter than he that gibbets on the brewer's

bucket. And this same half-faced fellow, Shadow,

give me this man: he presents no mark to the

 264 three pound; cf. n.

280 assemblance: appearance

285 gibbets; cf. n. 