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Falstaff

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Falstaff
jovial knight and rascal of brazen braggadocio. [Br. Lit.: Merry Wives of Windsor; I Henry IV; II Henry IV]

Falstaff
“that swoln parcel of dropsies.” [Br. Drama: Benét, 339]
See : Fatness


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These were the plays that we loved, and must have read in common, or at least at the same time: but others that I more especially liked were the Histories, and among them particularly were the Henrys, where Falstaff appeared.
I am a materialist, and I am a gross, fat man -- Falstaff, eh?
Indeed, he soon discovered that his recruits, enlisted at Montreal, were fit to vie with the ragged regiment of Falstaff.
 
 
 
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