LORENZO.
Fair ladies, you drop manna in the way
Of starved people.

PORTIA.
It is almost morning,
And yet I am sure you are not satisfied
Of these events at full. Let us go in,
And charge us there upon inter’gatories,
And we will answer all things faithfully.

GRATIANO.
Let it be so. The first inter’gatory
That my Nerissa shall be sworn on is,
Whether till the next night she had rather stay,
Or go to bed now, being two hours to day.
But were the day come, I should wish it dark
Till I were couching with the doctor’s clerk.
Well, while I live, I’ll fear no other thing
So sore as keeping safe Nerissa’s ring.

[Exeunt.]

THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR

Contents

ACT I
[Scene I. Windsor. Before Page’s house]
[Scene II. The same]
[Scene III. A room in the Garter Inn]
[Scene IV. A room in Doctor Caius’s house]
ACT II
[Scene I. Before Page’s house]
[Scene II. A room in the Garter Inn]
[Scene III. A field near Windsor]
ACT III
[Scene I. A field near Frogmore]
[Scene II. A street in Windsor]
[Scene III. A room in Ford’s house]
[Scene IV. A room in Page’s house]
[Scene V. A room in the Garter Inn]
ACT IV
[Scene I. The street]
[Scene II. A room in Ford’s house]
[Scene III. A room in the Garter Inn]
[Scene IV. A room in Ford’s house]
[Scene V. A room in the Garter Inn]
[Scene VI. Another room in the Garter Inn]
ACT V
[Scene I. A room in the Garter Inn]
[Scene II. Windsor Park]
[Scene III. The street in Windsor]
[Scene IV. Windsor Park]
[Scene V. Another part of the Park]

Dramatis Personæ

HOST of the Garter Inn
SIR JOHN FALSTAFF
ROBIN, page to Falstaff
BARDOLPH, follower of Falstaff
PISTOL, follower of Falstaff
NYM, follower of Falstaff