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And so far will I trust thee, gentle Kate. 117

Lady P. How! so far?

Hot. Not an inch further. But, hark you, Kate;
Whither I go, thither shall you go too; 120
To-day will I set forth, to-morrow you.
Will this content you, Kate?

Lady P. It must, of force.

Exeunt.

Scene Four

[Eastcheap. The Boar's Head Tavern]

Enter Prince and Poins.

Prince. Ned, prithee, come out of that fat
room
, and lend me thy hand to laugh a little.

Poins. Where hast been, Hal? 3

Prince. With three or four loggerheads a-
mongst three or four score hogsheads. I have
sounded the very base string of humility. Sir-
rah, I am sworn brother to a leash of drawers,
and can call them all by their christen names,
as Tom, Dick, and Francis. They take it already
upon
their salvation, that though I be but Prince
of Wales, yet I am the king of courtesy; and tell
me flatly I am no proud Jack, like Falstaff, but
a Corinthian, a lad of mettle, a good boy,—by
the Lord, so they call me,—and when I am king
of England, I shall command all the good lads
in Eastcheap. They call drinking deep, dyeing
scarlet; and when you breathe in your watering,
they cry 'hem!' and bid you play it off. To

1 fat room: room containing vats (?), or close, stuffy room
7 leash: three on a string
drawers: waiters
9 take it . . . upon: swear by
13 Corinthian: good sport
17 breathe . . . watering: stop to breathe while drinking
18 play: toss