The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 4 of 9]Shakespeare, William
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The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 4 of 9]
Shakespeare, William
English drama
_Lady._ Come, come, you paraquito, answer me[2368]
Directly unto this question that I ask:[2368][2369]
In faith, I'll break thy little finger, Harry,[2368][2370]
An if thou wilt not tell me all things true.[2368][2371] 85
_Hot._ Away,[2372]
Away, you trifler! Love! I love thee not,[2372][2373]
I care not for thee, Kate: this is no world
To play with mammets and to tilt with lips:[2374]
We must have bloody noses and crack'd crowns, 90
And pass them current too. God's me, my horse!
What say'st thou, Kate? what would'st thou have with me?[2375]
_Lady._ Do you not love me? do you not, indeed?[2376]
Well, do not then; for since you love me not,
I will not love myself. Do you not love me? 95
Nay, tell me if you speak in jest or no.[2377]
_Hot._ Come, wilt thou see me ride?[2378]
And when I am o' horseback, I will swear[2379]
I love thee infinitely. But hark you, Kate;
I must not have you henceforth question me 100
Whither I go, nor reason whereabout:[2380]
Whither I must, I must; and, to conclude,[2380]
This evening must I leave you, gentle Kate.[2381]
I know you wise, but yet no farther wise[2382]
Than Harry Percy's wife: constant you are, 105
But yet a woman: and for secrecy,
No lady closer; for I well believe[2383]
Thou wilt not utter what thou dost not know;
And so far will I trust thee, gentle Kate.[2384]
_Lady._ How! so far?[2385] 110
_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?
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