MISTRESS QUICKLY.
Good master, be content.
CAIUS.
Wherefore shall I be content-a?
MISTRESS QUICKLY.
The young man is an honest man.
CAIUS.
What shall de honest man do in my closet? Dere is no honest man dat shall come in my closet.
MISTRESS QUICKLY.
I beseech you, be not so phlegmatic. Hear the truth of it. He came of an errand to me from Parson Hugh.
CAIUS.
Vell?
SIMPLE.
Ay, forsooth, to desire her to—
MISTRESS QUICKLY.
Peace, I pray you.
CAIUS.
Peace-a your tongue!—Speak-a your tale.
SIMPLE.
To desire this honest gentlewoman, your maid, to speak a good word to Mistress Anne Page for my master in the way of marriage.