{"id":"01KG8B16CV2M1QNARR3N0NMGTY","cid":"bafkreibrwmnnscrz5hk4acszalpkxq2dpgjqre3er47vk27wtw24g5bi2q","type":"file","properties":{"cid":"bafkreielvk2stxodqng3vewyvfiaq5abyt354vswbkaihgrh56epvcsh3i","content_type":"image/jpeg","filename":"03_merry_wives_of_windsor_1905_page_0204.jpg","height":1778,"key":"pdf-page-1769806534353-tawleoo7yd","label":"03_merry_wives_of_windsor_1905_page_0204.jpg","page_number":204,"pdf_type":"born_digital","size":301604,"text":"198 Notes [Act V\n41. Quaint. Fine, elegant. Cf. its use of feminine dress in\nT. of S. iv. 3. 102 and Much Ado, iii. 4. 22.\n52. Husband your device. That is, carry it out. Cf. T, of S.\nind. I. 68 : —\n\" It will be pastime passing excellent,\nIf it be husbanded with modesty.\"\nACT V\nScene I. — i. / V/ hold. I '11 keep the engagement. Palsgrave\nhas: \" I holde it, as we say when we make a bargen,y> le tiensP\n3. There 's divinity in odd numbers. Steevens quotes Virgil,\nEel. viii. 75 : \" numero deus impare gaudet \" (the god delights in\nan odd number).\n9. Mince. Here = be off, go ; literally = to walk with small\nsteps or affectedly. Cf. M. of V. iii. 4. 67 : —\n\" and turn two mincing steps\nInto a manly stride.\"\n14. Went you not, etc. Daniel remarks: \"The plot, as we have\nseen [see on iii. 5. i above] is hopelessly entangled already, but\nFord now puts the finishing touch to it. Referring to the second\nmeeting, which took place on the morning of the very day on which\nhe is speaking, he asks Falstaff, 'Went you not, to her yesterday,\nsir, as you told me you had appointed ? ' and Falstaff is not sur-\nprised, but gives him an account of the cudgelling he had received,\nas Mother Prat, on the morning of the day on which the question\nis asked.\"\n24. Life is a shuttle. Falstaff has in mind fob, vii. 6.\n26. Plucked geese. Pulling the feathers from a live goose was\nthen a boyish piece of mischief. See my Shakespeare the Boy,\np. 132.\nScene II. — i. Couch. Hide. Cf. Much Ado, iii. i. 30, etc.\n5. Nay-word. See on ii. 2. 126 above.","text_extracted_at":"2026-01-30T20:55:34.353Z","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":"2026-01-30T20:55:35.067Z","ts":"2026-01-30T20:55:37.103Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFFH6ETXGRVD10WPNP3007D6"}}