Prince. I care not.
Poins. Sir John, I prithee, leave the prince and me[2075]
alone: I will lay him down such reasons for this adventure
that he shall go.145
Fal. Well, God give thee the spirit of persuasion and[2076]
him the ears of profiting, that what thou speakest may[2076]
move and what he hears may be believed, that the true[2077]
prince may, for recreation sake, prove a false thief; for the
poor abuses of the time want countenance. Farewell: you150
shall find me in Eastcheap.
Prince. Farewell, thou latter spring! farewell, Allhallown[2078]
summer! [Exit Falstaff.[2079]
Poins. Now, my good sweet honey lord, ride with us
to-morrow: I have a jest to execute that I cannot manage155
alone. Falstaff, Bardolph, Peto and Gadshill shall rob[2080]
those men that we have already waylaid; yourself and I
will not be there; and when they have the booty, if you
and I do not rob them, cut this head off from my shoulders.[2081]
Prince. How shall we part with them in setting[2082]160
forth?
Poins. Why, we will set forth before or after them, and
appoint them a place of meeting, wherein it is at our pleasure
to fail, and then will they adventure upon the exploit
themselves; which they shall have no sooner achieved, but[2083]165
we'll set upon them.
Prince. Yea, but 'tis like that they will know us by[2084]
our horses, by our habits and by every other appointment,
to be ourselves.
Poins. Tut! our horses they shall not see; I'll tie170
them in the wood; our vizards we will change after we[2085]
leave them: and, sirrah, I have cases of buckram for the[2086]
nonce, to immask our noted outward garments.
Prince. Yea, but I doubt they will be too hard for us.[2087]