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The Prince of Wales.—Speak, sirs; how was it?
Mr. Babdolph.—We four set upon some dozen,—— *
Sir John Falstaff.—Sixteen, at least, my lord.
Mr. Bardolph.—And bound them.
Mr. Peto.—No, no, they were not bound.
Sir John Falstaff.—You rogue, they were bound, every man of them; or I am a Jew else, an Ebrew Jew.
Mr. Bardolph.—As we were sharing, some six or seven fresh men set upon us,——
* I have ventured to modify a few of the old dramatist’s
expressions. My sole motive for doing so has been a natural
objection to being pointed out in the streets as the one
living writer who never did anything towards the improvement
of Shakspeare’s text.—Biographer.