ACT FIFTH
Scene One
[Justice Shallow's House in Gloucestershire]
Enter Shallow, Falstaff, Bardolph [and Bardolph's boy].
Shal. By cock and pie, sir, you shall not away
to-night. What! Davy, I say.
Fal. You must excuse me, Master Robert
Shallow. 4
Shal. I will not excuse you; you shall not be
excused; excuses shall not be admitted; there
is no excuse shall serve; you shall not be ex-
cused. Why, Davy! 8
Enter Davy.
Davy. Here, sir.
Shal. Davy, Davy, Davy, Davy, let me see,
Davy; let me see: yea, marry, William cook, bid
him come hither. Sir John, you shall not be 12
excused.
Davy. Marry, sir, thus; those precepts can-
not be served: and again, sir, shall we sow the
headland with wheat? 16
Shal. With red wheat, Davy. But for William
cook: are there no young pigeons?
Davy. Yes, sir. Here is now the smith's note
for shoeing and plough-irons. 20
Shal. Let it be cast and paid. Sir John, you
shall not be excused.
Davy. Now, sir, a new link to the bucket
1 cock and pie; cf. n.
14 precepts: summonses
21 cast: reckoned
