The Merry Wives of Windsor: Act 5, Scene 4 Translation

A side-by-side translation of Act 5, Scene 4 of The Merry Wives of Windsor from the original Shakespeare into modern English.

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Source: Folger Shakespeare Library
Enter Sir Hugh Evans and boys disguised, like him, as Fairies. SIR HUGH Trib, trib, fairies! Come, and remember your parts. Be pold, I pray you. Follow me into the pit, and when I give the watch-’ords, do as I pid you. Come, come; trib, trib. They exit.	Sir Hugh, Page, and a bunch of little kids dressed as fairies show up at the park. Sir Hugh leads them toward the oak. Trib, trib. (We assume that's his sound effect for a sort of gallop? Or something...)

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Translated Text

Enter Sir Hugh Evans and boys disguised,
like him, as Fairies.

SIR HUGH
Trib, trib, fairies! Come, and remember
your parts. Be pold, I pray you. Follow me into the
pit, and when I give the watch-’ords, do as I pid
you. Come, come; trib, trib.

They exit.

Sir Hugh, Page, and a bunch of little kids dressed as fairies show up at the park.

Sir Hugh leads them toward the oak. Trib, trib. (We assume that's his sound effect for a sort of gallop? Or something...)

The Merry Wives of Windsor: Act 5, Scene 4 Translation

A side-by-side translation of Act 5, Scene 4 of The Merry Wives of Windsor from the original Shakespeare into modern English.

Original Text

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