Hot. Not an inch further. But hark you, Kate:[2386]
Whither I go, thither shall you go too;
To-day will I set forth, to-morrow you.[2387]
Will this content you, Kate?
Lady. It must of force. [Exeunt.
Scene IV. The Boar's-Head Tavern, Eastcheap.[2388]
Enter the Prince, and Poins.
Prince. Ned, prithee, come out of that fat room, and[2389]
lend me thy hand to laugh a little.
Poins. Where hast been, Hal?
Prince. With three or four loggerheads amongst three[2390]
or fourscore hogsheads. I have sounded the very base-string[2391]5
of humility. Sirrah, I am sworn brother to a leash
of drawers; and can call them all by their christen[2392]
names, as Tom, Dick, and Francis. They take it already
upon their salvation, that though I be but Prince of Wales,[2393]
yet I am the king of courtesy; and tell me flatly I am no[2394]10
proud Jack, like Falstaff, but a Corinthian, a lad of mettle,[2395]
a good boy, by the Lord, so they call me, and when I am[2396]
king of England, I shall command all the good lads in
Eastcheap. They call drinking deep, dyeing scarlet; and
when you breathe in your watering, they cry 'hem!' and[2397]15
bid you play it off. To conclude, I am so good a proficient
in one quarter of an hour, that I can drink with any
tinker in his own language during my life. I tell thee,[2398]
Ned, thou hast lost much honour, that thou wert not with
me in this action. But, sweet Ned,—to sweeten which20
name of Ned, I give thee this pennyworth of sugar,
clapped even now into my hand by an under-skinker, one
that never spake other English in his life than 'Eight
shillings and sixpence,' and 'You are welcome,' with this[2399]
shrill addition, 'Anon, anon, sir! Score a pint of bastard[2400]25
in the Half-moon,' or so. But, Ned, to drive away the[2401]
time till Falstaff come, I prithee, do thou stand in some[2401]
by-room, while I question my puny drawer to what end he
gave me the sugar; and do thou never leave calling[2402]
'Francis,' that his tale to me may be nothing but 'Anon.'30
Step aside, and I'll show thee a precedent.[2403]
Poins. Francis!
Prince. Thou art perfect.
Poins. Francis! [Exit Poins.[2404]