ACT V
SCENE II 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.

 [Exeunt]




 THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR


ACT V