The Merry Wives of Windsor: Act II, Scene ii; First Folio
The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act 2, Scene 2. Mistress Quickly
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829 Marry this is the short, and the long of it: you
830 haue brought her into such a Canaries, as ’tis wonder–
831 full: the best Courtier of them all (when the Court lay
832 at Windsor) could neuer haue brought her to such a Ca–
833 narie: yet there has beene Knights, and Lords, and Gen–
834 tlemen, with their Coaches; I warrant you Coach after
835 Coach, letter after letter, gift after gift, smelling so sweet–
836 ly; all Muske, and so rushling, I warrant you, in silke
837 and golde, and in such alligant termes, and in such wine
838 and suger of the best, and the fairest, that would haue
839 wonne any womans heart: and I warrant you, they could
840 neuer get an eye-winke of her: I had my selfe twentie
841 Angels giuen me this morning, but I defie all Angels (in
842 any such sort, as they say) but in the way of honesty: and
843 I warrant you, they could neuer get her so much as sippe
844 on a cup with the prowdest of them all, and yet there has
845 beene Earles: nay, (which is more) Pentioners, but I
846 warrant you all is one with her.