William Shakespeare: King Henry IV Part II

ACT II. 1. SCENE I. London. A street. (continued)

CHIEF JUSTICE.
You shall have letters of me presently:
Come, go along with me, good Master Gower.

FALSTAFF.
My lord!

CHIEF JUSTICE.
What's the matter?

FALSTAFF.
Master Gower, shall I entreat you with me to dinner?

GOWER.
I must wait upon my good lord here; I thank you, good Sir John.

CHIEF JUSTICE.
Sir John, you loiter here too long, being you are to
take soldiers up in counties as you go.

FALSTAFF.
Will you sup with me, Master Gower?

CHIEF JUSTICE.
What foolish master taught you these manners, Sir John?

FALSTAFF.
Master Gower, if they become me not, he was a fool that
taught them me. This is the right fencing grace, my lord; tap for
tap, and so part fair.

CHIEF JUSTICE.
Now the Lord lighten thee! thou art a great fool.

[Exeunt.]