SLENDER.
Ay, sir, you shall find me reasonable. If it be so, I shall do that that is reason.
SHALLOW.
Nay, but understand me.
SLENDER.
So I do, sir.
EVANS.
Give ear to his motions, Master Slender. I will description the matter to you, if you be capacity of it.
SLENDER.
Nay, I will do as my cousin Shallow says. I pray you pardon me, he’s a Justice of Peace in his country, simple though I stand here.
EVANS.
But that is not the question. The question is concerning your marriage.
SHALLOW.
Ay, there’s the point, sir.
EVANS.
Marry, is it; the very point of it—to Mistress Anne Page.
SLENDER.
Why, if it be so, I will marry her upon any reasonable demands.
EVANS.
But can you affection the ’oman? Let us command to know that of your mouth, or of your lips; for divers philosophers hold that the lips is parcel of the mouth. Therefore, precisely, can you carry your good will to the maid?