{"id":"01KG8B0AC4XKV3ZQ80QF5T74X0","cid":"bafkreicqwkoeuqul3zfccjfiwynsexuqgnhczlty4b6nz42yihr7ovvz3u","type":"file","properties":{"cid":"bafkreieaqgmyotpwrpvkuj4wfcylhxs5tdjl4g6am52qdyb6dacrih6s7e","content_type":"image/jpeg","filename":"03_merry_wives_of_windsor_1905_page_0173.jpg","height":1778,"key":"pdf-page-1769806505258-jawkj9wz3ps","label":"03_merry_wives_of_windsor_1905_page_0173.jpg","page_number":173,"pdf_type":"born_digital","size":348055,"text":"Scene I] Notes 167\n98. Chariness. Nicety, scrupulousness ; the only instance of\nthe noun in S.\n99. O, that my husband saw this letter ! Steevens conjectured,\n\" O, if my husband,\" etc. But, as White remarks, the speech is in\nkeeping with Mrs. Ford's character (cf. iii. 3. 180 below, for in-\nstance), and must be ascribed to \"mingled merriment and malice.\"\n105. You are the happier woman. At first glance this seems\ninconsistent with what has been said in the last note. On the con-\ntrary, itis in perfect keeping therewith, and thoroughly feminine\nand natural.\n109. Curtal. Having a docked tail ; \" indicating a dog unfit\nfor the chase,\" as having an imperfect scent (Herford). Cf. C. of\nE. iii. 2. 151 : \"She had transform'd me to a curtal dog; \" and\nP. P. 273 : \" My curtal dog that wont to have play'd,\" etc.\n114. Gallimaufry. Medley, hotchpotch ; used again in W. T.\niv. 4. 335. Steevens says that \" Pistol ludicrously uses it for a\nwoman ; \" but it is rather for women in general. Falstaff, he says,\nloves the whole medley of them, high and low, rich and poor, etc.\nPerpend — consider ; a word used only by Pistol, Polonius, and the\nclowns. Cf. A. Y. L. iii. 2. 69, T. N.v. i. 307, Ham. ii. 2. 105, etc.\n116. With liver, etc. For the liver as the seat of love, cf. Tetnp.\nV. I. 56, Much Ado, iv. i. 233, etc.\n117. Actaoti. Cf. iii. 2. 41 below. Pingtvood \\s the name of a\ndog.\n122. Cuckoo-birds do sing. The note of the cuckoo was sup-\nposed to prognosticate cuckoldom, from the similarity in sound of\ncuckoo and cuckold. Cf. L. L. L. v. 2. 908 : —\n\" The cuckoo then on every tree\nMocks married men,\" etc.\nSee also M. N. D. iii. i. 134 and A. W. i. 3. 67.\n124. Believe it. Page, etc. Johnson thought this should be given\nto Nym ; but Steevens explains the old text thus : \" While Pistol\nis informing Ford of Falstaff' s design upon his wife, Nym is talking","text_extracted_at":"2026-01-30T20:55:05.258Z","text_extracted_by":"pdf-processor","text_has_content":true,"text_source":"born_digital","uploaded":true,"width":1084},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG89K4N3KNPAGDJAVRPVWBA4","predicate":"derived_from"},{"peer":"01KG89JREDR8WY5QQGYR5FZRDY","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"}],"ver":2,"created_at":"2026-01-30T20:55:06.372Z","ts":"2026-01-30T20:55:09.636Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFFH6ETXGRVD10WPNP3007D6"}}