![]() ![]() Not-pated, agate-ring, puke-stocking, caddis-garter, ![]() PRINCE Wilt thou rob this leathern-jerkin, crystal-button, But tomorrow,įrancis or, Francis, o’ Thursday or indeed, Francis, Me when thou wilt, and thou shalt have it. PRINCE I will give thee for it a thousand pound. Gavest me-’twas a pennyworth, was ’t not? PRINCE Nay, but hark you, Francis, for the sugar thou 60 About Michaelmas next, I shallįRANCIS Anon, sir.-Pray, stay a little, my lord. So valiant as to play the coward with thy indenture,Īnd show it a fair pair of heels, and runįRANCIS O Lord, sir, I’ll be sworn upon all the booksįRANCIS Let me see. PRINCE Five year! By ’r Lady, a long lease for theĬlinking of pewter! But, Francis, darest thou be PRINCE How long hast thou to serve, Francis?įRANCIS Forsooth, five years, and as much as to. Chugging wine, for example, is called "dyeing scarlet."įRANCIS Anon, anon, sir.-Look down into the Pomgarnet, Hal can drink with any tradesman too because he's gotten to know their lingo. To me may be nothing but “Anon.” Step aside, andĪt a tavern in Eastcheap, Prince Hal brags to Poins that he's buddy-buddy with a bunch of drawers (like waiters) – they're on a first-name basis and say they can't wait for him to be king. Puny drawer to what end he gave me the sugar, andĭo thou never leave calling “Francis,” that his tale Thou stand in some by-room while I question my 30 But, Ned, toĭrive away the time till Falstaff come, I prithee, do Shrill addition, “Anon, anon, sir.-Score a pint ofīastard in the Half-moon,” or so. Spake other English in his life than “Eight shillings 25Īnd sixpence,” and “You are welcome,” with this Into my hand by an underskinker, one that never Thee this pennyworth of sugar, clapped even now Sweet Ned-to sweeten which name of Ned, I give Honor that thou wert not with me in this action but, That I can drink with any tinker in his own languageĭuring my life. They call drinking deep “dyeing scarlet,” 15Īnd when you breathe in your watering, theyĬry “Hem!” and bid you “Play it off!” To conclude, IĪm so good a proficient in one quarter of an hour The Lord, so they call me-and when I am king ofĮngland, I shall command all the good lads inĮastcheap. Take it already upon their salvation that though I beīut Prince of Wales, yet I am the king of courtesy, 10Īnd tell me flatly I am no proud jack, like Falstaff,īut a Corinthian, a lad of mettle, a good boy-by To a leash of drawers, and can call them all by theirĬhristian names, as Tom, Dick, and Francis. ![]() I have sounded the very 5īass string of humility. PRINCE With three or four loggerheads amongst three PRINCE Ned, prithee, come out of that fat room and ![]()
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