Fal. There's no more faith in thee than in a stewed[2834]
prune; nor no more truth in thee than in a drawn fox; and[2835]
for womanhood, Maid Marian may be the deputy's wife of
the ward to thee. Go, you thing, go.[2836]
Host. Say, what thing? what thing?110
Fal. What thing! why, a thing to thank God on.[2837]
Host. I am no thing to thank God on, I would thou[2837][2838]
shouldst know it; I am an honest man's wife: and, setting
thy knighthood aside, thou art a knave to call me so.
Fal. Setting thy womanhood aside, thou art a beast115
to say otherwise.
Host. Say, what beast, thou knave, thou?
Fal. What beast! why, an otter.
Prince. An otter, Sir John! why an otter?
Fal. Why, she's neither fish nor flesh; a man knows120
not where to have her.
Host. Thou art an unjust man in saying so: thou or[2839]
any man knows where to have me, thou knave, thou!