The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare

The Merry Wives of Windsor

written by William Shakespeare

MISTRESS PAIGE "That likewise have we thought upon, and thus.

Nan Page my daughter, and my little son,

And three or four more of their growth, we'll dress

Like urchins, oafs, and fairies, green and white,

With rounds of waxen tapers on their heads,

And rattle in their hands. Upon a sudden,

As Falstaff, she, and I newly met,

Let them from forth a saw-pit rush at once,

With some defussed song. Upon their sight

We too in great amazedness will fly.

Then let them all encircle him about,

And, fairy-like, to pinch the unclean knight,

And ask him why, that hour of fairy revel,

In their so sacred paths he dares to tread

In shape profane."

Act IV Scene IV