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Contents
- Act 1, Scene I
- Act 1, Scene II
- Act 1, Scene III
- Act 1, Scene IV
- Act 2, Scene I
- Act 2, Scene II
- Act 2, Scene III
- Act 3, Scene I
- Act 3, Scene II
- Act 3, Scene III
- Act 3, Scene IV
- Act 3, Scene V
- Act 4, Scene I
- Act 4, Scene II
- Act 4, Scene III
- Act 4, Scene IV
- Act 4, Scene V
- Act 4, Scene VI
- Act 5, Scene I
- Act 5, Scene II
- Act 5, Scene III
- Act 5, Scene IV
- Act 5, Scene V
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William Shakespeare > Merry Wives of Windsor > Act 5, Scene II

Merry Wives of Windsor - by William Shakespeare

SCENE II. Windsor Park. Enter PAGE, SHALLOW, and SLENDER PAGE Come, come; we'll couch i' the castle-ditch till we see the light of our fairies. Remember, son Slender, my daughter. SLENDER Ay, forsooth; I have spoke with her and we have a nay-word how to know one another: I come to her in white, and cry 'mum;' she cries 'budget;' and by that we know one another. SHALLOW That's good too: but what needs either your 'mum' or her 'budget?' the white will decipher her well enough. It hath struck ten o'clock. PAGE The night is dark; light and spirits will become it well. Heaven prosper our sport! No man means evil but the devil, and we shall know him by his horns. Let's away; follow me. Exeunt
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