A thousand irreligious cursed hours,

Which forced marriage would have brought upon her.

Ford. Stand not amazed; here is no remedy:

In love the heavens themselves do guide the state;

220 Money buys lands, and wives are sold by fate.

Fal. I am glad, though you have ta’en a special stand to strike at me, that your arrow hath glanced.

Page. Well, what remedy? Fenton, heaven give thee joy!

V. 5.
225 What cannot be eschew’d must be embraced[. ]

Fal. When night-dogs run, all sorts of deer are chased.

Mrs Page. Well, I will muse no further. Master Fenton,