ACT II.
SCENE I.
BEFORE PAGE'S HOUSE, MRS. PAGE AND MRS. FORD.
 Mrs.
Ford. WHY this is the very same; the very
hand, the very words. What doth he think of us?
Mrs. Page. Nay, I know not: It makes
me almost ready to wrangle with mine own honesty.
I'll entertain myself like one that I am not acquainted
withal. |
Painted by the Rev. William Peters, R. A. Engraved
by Robert Thew.
ACT III.
SCENE III.
A ROOM IN FORD'S HOUSE.
MRS. PAGE, MRS. FORD, AND FALSTAFF.
 Falstaff.
I LOVE thee. Help me away: let me creep in here;
I'll never——
[He goes into the basket; they cover him with foul
linen.
Mrs. Page. Help to cover your master,
boy.—Call your men, mistress Ford. You dissembling
knight. |
Painted by the Rev. William Peters, R.A. Engraved
by John Peter Simon.
ACT IV.
SCENE II.
A ROOM IN FORD'S HOUSE.
FORD, SHALLOW, PAGE, CAIUS, SIR HUGH EVANS, FALSTAFF,
AS THE OLD WOMAN OF BRENTFORD, MRS. FORD, AND MRS. PAGE.
Mrs. Page. COME, mother Prat; come,
give me your hand.
Ford. I'll prat her:—Out of my door,
you witch, (beats him) you rag, you baggage, you polecat,
you ronyon! Out! out! I'll conjure you, I'll fortune-tell
you.
Painted by James Durno. Engraved by Thomas Ryder.
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