{"id":9325,"date":"2026-04-02T17:47:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T21:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=9325"},"modified":"2026-04-02T17:47:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T21:47:41","slug":"a-midsummer-nights-dream-act-i-scene-i-11-5","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=9325","title":{"rendered":"The Merry Wives of Windsor: Act II, Scene ii; First Folio"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Merry Wives of Windsor.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Act 2, Scene 2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Mistress Quickly<\/strong><\/p>\n

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829\u00a0 Marry this is the <\/span>s<\/span>h<\/span><\/span>ort, and the long of it: you<\/span><\/div>\n
830\u00a0 haue brought her into <\/span>s<\/span>uch a Canaries, as ’tis wonder<\/span>–<\/span><\/div>\n
831\u00a0 full: the be<\/span>s<\/span>t<\/span><\/span>\u00a0Courtier of them all (when the Court lay<\/span><\/div>\n
832\u00a0 at <\/span>Wind<\/span>s<\/span>or<\/span><\/i>) could neuer haue brought her to\u00a0<\/span>s<\/span>uch a Ca<\/span>–<\/span><\/div>\n
833\u00a0 narie: yet there has beene Knights, and Lords, and Gen<\/span>–<\/span><\/div>\n
834\u00a0 tlemen, with their Coaches; I warrant you Coach after<\/span><\/div>\n
835\u00a0 Coach, letter after letter, gift after gift, <\/span>s<\/span>melling\u00a0<\/span>s<\/span>o\u00a0<\/span>s<\/span>weet<\/span>–<\/span><\/div>\n
836\u00a0 ly; all Mu<\/span>s<\/span>ke, and\u00a0<\/span>s<\/span>o ru<\/span>s<\/span>h<\/span><\/span>ling, I warrant you, in\u00a0<\/span>s<\/span>i<\/span><\/span>lke<\/span><\/div>\n
837\u00a0 and golde, and in <\/span>s<\/span>uch alligant termes, and in\u00a0<\/span>s<\/span>uch wine<\/span><\/div>\n
838\u00a0 and <\/span>s<\/span>uger of the be<\/span>s<\/span>t<\/span><\/span>, and the faire<\/span>s<\/span>t<\/span><\/span>, that would haue<\/span><\/div>\n
839\u00a0 wonne any womans heart: and I warrant you, they could<\/span><\/div>\n
840\u00a0 neuer get an eye-winke of her: I had my s<\/span>elfe twentie<\/div>\n
841\u00a0 Angels giuen me this morning, but I de<\/span>fi<\/span>e all Angels (in<\/span><\/div>\n
842\u00a0 any <\/span>s<\/span>uch\u00a0<\/span>s<\/span>ort, as they\u00a0<\/span>s<\/span>ay) but in the way of hone<\/span>s<\/span>t<\/span><\/span>y: and<\/span><\/div>\n
843\u00a0 I warrant you, they could neuer get her <\/span>s<\/span>o much as\u00a0<\/span>s<\/span>i<\/span><\/span>ppe<\/span><\/div>\n
844\u00a0 on a cup with the prowde<\/span>s<\/span>t<\/span><\/span>\u00a0of them all, and yet there has<\/span><\/div>\n
845\u00a0 beene Earles: nay, (which is more) Pentioners, but I<\/span><\/div>\n
846\u00a0 warrant you all is one with her.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Merry Wives of Windsor.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Act 2, Scene 2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Mistress Quickly (This text is featured in our interview with Nancy Voigts) Click here to open up a Modern Version 829\u00a0 Marry this is the short, and the long of it: you 830\u00a0 haue brought her into such a Canaries, as ’tis wonder– 831\u00a0 full: the best\u00a0Courtier<\/p>\n [...]<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9325","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-line-bottom","fix"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2Frfq-2qp","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9325"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9337,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9325\/revisions\/9337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}