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1

Merry Wives of Windsor
[I, 1]

Robert Shallow

191

Come, coz; come, coz; we stay for you. A word with
you, coz; marry, this, coz: there is, as 'twere, a
tender, a kind of tender, made afar off by Sir Hugh
here. Do you understand me?

2

Merry Wives of Windsor
[I, 1]

Page

280

Come, gentle Master Slender, come; we stay for you.

3

Merry Wives of Windsor
[I, 4]

Hostess Quickly

439

We shall all be shent. Run in here, good young man;
go into this closet: he will not stay long.
[Shuts SIMPLE in the closet]
What, John Rugby! John! what, John, I say!
Go, John, go inquire for my master; I doubt
he be not well, that he comes not home.
[Singing]
And down, down, adown-a, &c.

4

Merry Wives of Windsor
[II, 3]

Doctor Caius

1132

I pray you, bear vitness that me have stay six or
seven, two, tree hours for him, and he is no come.

5

Merry Wives of Windsor
[III, 1]

Doctor Caius

1278

Diable! Jack Rugby,—mine host de Jarteer,—have I
not stay for him to kill him? have I not, at de place
I did appoint?

6

Merry Wives of Windsor
[III, 5]

Falstaff

1799

I marvel I hear not of Master Brook; he sent me word
to stay within: I like his money well. O, here he comes.

7

Merry Wives of Windsor
[IV, 1]

Mistress Page

1962

Adieu, good Sir Hugh.
[Exit SIR HUGH EVANS]
Get you home, boy. Come, we stay too long.

8

Merry Wives of Windsor
[IV, 5]

Simple

2304

There's an old woman, a fat woman, gone up into his
chamber: I'll be so bold as stay, sir, till she come
down; I come to speak with her, indeed.

9

Merry Wives of Windsor
[IV, 6]

Fenton

2468

Both, my good host, to go along with me:
And here it rests, that you'll procure the vicar
To stay for me at church 'twixt twelve and one,
And, in the lawful name of marrying,
To give our hearts united ceremony.

10

Merry Wives of Windsor
[V, 5]

Sir Hugh Evans

2641

Pray you, lock hand in hand; yourselves in order set
And twenty glow-worms shall our lanterns be,
To guide our measure round about the tree.
But, stay; I smell a man of middle-earth.