Act IV. Scene III. The Merry Wives of Windsor. Craig, W.J., ed. 1914. The Oxford Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (1564–1616). The Oxford Shakespeare. 1914.

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Act IV. Scene III.

A Room in the Garter Inn.

Enter Host and BARDOLPH.
Bard. Sir, the Germans desire to have three of your horses: the duke himself will be to-morrow at court, and they are going to meet him.
Host. What duke should that be comes so secretly? I hear not of him in the court. Let me speak with the gentlemen; they speak English?	4
Bard. Ay, sir; I’ll call them to you.
Host. They shall have my horses, but I’ll make them pay; I’ll sauce them: they have had my house a week at command; I have turned away my other guests: they must come off; I’ll sauce them. Come. [Exeunt.