King Henry the Fourth Second Part Author:William Shakespeare General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1893 Original Publisher: Macmillan and Co. Subjects: Drama / Shakespeare Literary Criticism / Shakespeare Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of t... more »his book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Sil. Here come two of Sir John Falstaff's men, as I think. Enter Bardolph and one with him. Bard. Good morrow, honest gentlemen : I beseech yon, which is Justice Shallow ? Shal. I am Robert Shallow, sir ; a poor esquire of this county, and one of the king's justices of the peace : what is your good pleasure with me ? 52 Bard. My captain, sir, commends him to you ; my captain, Sir John Falstaff, a tall gentleman, by heaven, and a most gallant leader. Shal. He greets me well, sir. I knew him a good backsword man. How doth the good knight ? may I ask how my lady his wife doth ? Bard. Sir, pardon ; a soldier is better accommodated than with a wife ? 60 Shal. It is well said, in faith, sir ; and it is well said indeed too. Better accommodated ! it is good ; yea, indeed, is it : good phrases are surely, and ever were, very commendable. Accommodated ! it comes of ' accommodo:' very good ; a good phrase. Bard. Pardon me, sir ; I have heard the word. Phrase call you it ? by this good day, I know not the phrase ; but I will maintain the word with my sword to be a soldier-like word, and a word of exceeding good command, by heaven. Accommodated ; that is, when a man is, as they say, accommodated ; or when a man is, being, whereby a' may be thought to be accommodated ; which is an excellent thing. Shal. It is very just. Enter Falstaff. Look, here comes good Sir John. Give me your good hand, give me your worship's good hand : by my troth, you like well and bear your years very well: welcome, good Sir John....« less