and let it go which way it will, he that dies this
year is quit for the next.
Bard. Well said; thou'rt a good fellow.
Fee. Faith, I'll bear no base mind. 260
Enter Falstaff and the Justices.
Fal. Come, sir, which men shall I have?
Shal. Four, of which you please.
Bard. [To Falstaff.] Sir, a word with you.
I have three pound to free Mouldy and Bullcalf. 264
Fal. [Aside to Bardolph.] Go to; well.
Shal. Come, Sir John, which four will you
have?
Fal. Do you choose for me. 268
Shal. Marry, then, Mouldy, Bullcalf, Feeble,
and Shadow.
Fal. Mouldy, and Bullcalf: for you, Mouldy,
stay at home till you are past service: and for 272
your part, Bullcalf, grow till you come unto it:
I will none of you.
Shal. Sir John, Sir John, do not yourself
wrong: they are your likeliest men, and I would 276
have you served with the best.
Fal. Will you tell me, Master Shallow, how
to choose a man? Care I for the limb, the thewes,
the stature, bulk, and big assemblance of a man! 280
Give me the spirit, Master Shallow. Here's
Wart; you see what a ragged appearance it is:
a' shall charge you and discharge you with the
motion of a pewterer's hammer, come off and on 284
swifter than he that gibbets on the brewer's
bucket. And this same half-faced fellow, Shadow,
give me this man: he presents no mark to the
264 three pound; cf. n.
280 assemblance: appearance
285 gibbets; cf. n.
