The Merry Wives of Windsor

Act 5, Scene 2

SCENE II. Windsor Park.

Enter PAGE, SHALLOW, and SLENDER

Come, come; we′ll couch i′ the castle-ditch till we
see the light of our fairies. Remember, son Slender,
my daughter.

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.

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.

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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