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- Scene I] Notes 167
98. Chariness. Nicety, scrupulousness ; the only instance of
the noun in S.
99. O, that my husband saw this letter ! Steevens conjectured,
" O, if my husband," etc. But, as White remarks, the speech is in
keeping with Mrs. Ford's character (cf. iii. 3. 180 below, for in-
stance), and must be ascribed to "mingled merriment and malice."
105. You are the happier woman. At first glance this seems
inconsistent with what has been said in the last note. On the con-
trary, itis in perfect keeping therewith, and thoroughly feminine
and natural.
109. Curtal. Having a docked tail ; " indicating a dog unfit
for the chase," as having an imperfect scent (Herford). Cf. C. of
E. iii. 2. 151 : "She had transform'd me to a curtal dog; " and
P. P. 273 : " My curtal dog that wont to have play'd," etc.
114. Gallimaufry. Medley, hotchpotch ; used again in W. T.
iv. 4. 335. Steevens says that " Pistol ludicrously uses it for a
woman ; " but it is rather for women in general. Falstaff, he says,
loves the whole medley of them, high and low, rich and poor, etc.
Perpend — consider ; a word used only by Pistol, Polonius, and the
clowns. Cf. A. Y. L. iii. 2. 69, T. N.v. i. 307, Ham. ii. 2. 105, etc.
116. With liver, etc. For the liver as the seat of love, cf. Tetnp.
V. I. 56, Much Ado, iv. i. 233, etc.
117. Actaoti. Cf. iii. 2. 41 below. Pingtvood \s the name of a
dog.
122. Cuckoo-birds do sing. The note of the cuckoo was sup-
posed to prognosticate cuckoldom, from the similarity in sound of
cuckoo and cuckold. Cf. L. L. L. v. 2. 908 : —
" The cuckoo then on every tree
Mocks married men," etc.
See also M. N. D. iii. i. 134 and A. W. i. 3. 67.
124. Believe it. Page, etc. Johnson thought this should be given
to Nym ; but Steevens explains the old text thus : " While Pistol
is informing Ford of Falstaff' s design upon his wife, Nym is talking
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