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Act 5, Scene 2

Windsor Park.

Enter PAGE, SHALLOW, and SLENDER.

Page

Come, come; we'll couch i' the castle-ditch till we see the light of our fairies, Remember, son Slender, my daughter.

Slender

Ay, forsooth; I have spoke with her and we have a nay-word how to know one another: I come to her in white, and cry “mum;” she cries “budget;” and by that we know one another.

Shallow

That's good too: but what needs either your “mum” or her “budget?” the white will decipher her well enough. It hath struck ten o'clock.

Page

The night is dark; light and spirits will become it well. Heaven prosper our sport! No man means evil but the devil, and we shall know him by his horns. Let's away; follow me.