SCENE II. Windsor Park. The Merry Wives of Windsor  Shakespeare homepage  |  Merry Wives of Windsor  | Act 5, Scene 2 

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 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. 



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