same day did I fight with one Sampson Stock-
fish, a fruiterer, behind Gray's Inn. Jesu! Jesu! 36
the mad days that I have spent; and to see how
many of my old acquaintance are dead!
Sil. We shall all follow, cousin.
Shal. Certain, 'tis certain; very sure, very 40
sure: death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to
all; all shall die. How a good yoke of bullocks
at Stamford fair?
Sil. By my troth, I was not there. 44
Shal. Death is certain. Is old Double of your
town living yet?
Sil. Dead, sir.
Shal. Jesu! Jesu! dead! a' drew a good 48
bow; and dead! a' shot a fine shoot: John a
Gaunt loved him well, and betted much money
on his head. Dead! a' would have clapped i' the
clout at twelve score; and carried you a fore- 52
hand shaft a fourteen and fourteen and a half,
that it would have done a man's heart good to
see. How a score of ewes now?
Sil. Thereafter as they be: a score of good 56
ewes may be worth ten pounds.
Shal. And is old Double dead?
Sil. Here come two of Sir John Falstaff's
men, as I think. 60
Enter Bardolph, and his Boy.
Shal. Good morrow, honest gentlemen.
Bard. I beseech you, which is Justice Shallow?
Shal. I am Robert Shallow, sir; a poor
esquire of this county, and one of the king's 64
42 How: what price
51 clapped i' the clout: hit the white mark in the target
52 at twelve score: at twelve score yards
52, 53 forehand shaft: arrow made for shooting straight forward
53 a fourteen, etc.: fourteen score yards
