ho even now gave me good eyes
too, examined my parts with most judicious oeillades; 55
sometimes the beam of her view gilded my foot, sometimes
my portly belly.

_Pist._ Then did the sun on dunghill shine.

_Nym._ I thank thee for that humour.

_Fal._ O, she did so course o'er my exteriors with such 60
a greedy intention, that the appetite of her eye did seem to
scorch me up like a burning-glass! Here's another letter
to her: she bears the purse too; she is a region in Guiana,
all gold and bounty. I will be cheaters to them both, and
they shall be exchequers to me; they shall be my East 65
and West Indies, and I will trade to them both. Go bear
thou this letter to Mistress Page; and thou this to Mistress
Ford: we will thrive, lads, we will thrive.

_Pist._ Shall I Sir Pandarus of Troy become,
And by my side wear steel? then, Lucifer take all! 70

_Nym._ I will run no base humour: here, take the
humour-letter: I will keep the haviour of reputation.

_Fal._ [_To Robin_] Hold, sirrah, bear you these letters tightly;
Sail like my pinnace to these golden shores.
Rogues, hence, avaunt! vanish like hailstones, go; 75
Trudge, plod away o' the hoof; seek shelter, pack!
Falstaff will learn the humour of the age,
French thrift, you rogues; myself and skirted page.

[_Exeunt Falstaff and Robin._

_Pist._ Let vultures gripe thy guts! for gourd and fullam holds,
And high and low beguiles the rich and poor: 80
Tester I'll have in pouch when thou shalt lack,
Base Phrygian Turk!

_Nym._ I have operations which be humours of revenge.

_Pist._ Wilt thou revenge?

_Nym._ By welkin and her star! 85

_Pist._ With wit or steel?

_Nym._ With both the humours, I:
I will discuss the humour of this love to Page.

_Pist._ And I to Ford shall eke unfold
How Falstaff, varlet vile, 90
His dove will prove, his gold will hold,
And his soft couch defile.

_Nym._ My humour shall not cool: I will incense Page
to deal with poison; I will possess him with yellowness, for
the revolt of mine is dangerous: that is my true humour. 95

_Pist._ Thou art the Mars of malecontents: I second
thee; troop on. [_Exeunt._

NOTES: I, 3

SCENE III.] SCENE VII. Pope.
2: _bully-rook_] _Bully Rock_ Rowe, passim.
10: _shall ... shall_] F1 Q3. _wi