Arm. I love thee. 148
Maid. So I heard you say.
Arm. And so farewell.
Maid. Fair weather after you!
Const. Come, Jaquenetta, away! 152
Arm. Villain, thou shalt fast for thy offences ere thou be pardoned.
Clow. Well, sir, I hope, when I do it, I shall
do it on a full stomach. 156
Arm. Thou shalt be heavily punished.
Clow. I am more bound to you than your
fellows, for they are but lightly rewarded.
Arm. Take away this villain: shut him up. 160
Boy. Come, you transgressing slave: away!
Clow. Let me not be pent up, sir: I will fast,
being loose.
Boy. No, sir; that were fast and loose: thou 164
shalt to prison.
Clow. Well, if ever I do see the merry days of
desolation that I have seen, some shall see—
Boy. What shall some see? 168
Clow. Nay, nothing, Master Moth, but what
they look upon. It is not for prisoners to be
too silent in their words; and therefore I will
say nothing: I thank God I have as little pa- 172
tience as another man, and therefore I can be
quiet. Exit [Costard; also Moth].
Arm. I do affect the very ground, which is
base, where her shoe, which is baser, guided by 176
her foot, which is basest, doth tread. I shall be
forsworn,—which is a great argument of false-
164 fast and loose: cheating game of a sharper
167 desolation; cf. n.
175 affect: love
178 argument: proof
