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   The Merry Wives of Windsor
ACT V SCENE II Windsor Park. 
 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 5
 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 10
 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. 15
 Exeunt 


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