PEPPER

FALSTAFF

And I have not forgotten what

the inside of a church is made of,

I am a PEPPER-CORN, a brewer’s horse.

—Henry IV, Pt. I [Act III, sc. 3]

FORD

He cannot ‘scape me, ’tis impossible he

should; he cannot creep into a halfpenny purse or into a PEPPER-BOX.

—Merry Wives of Windsor [Act III, sc. 5]

SIR ANDREW AGUECHEEK

Here’s the challenge, read it;

I warrant there’s vinegar and PEPPER in’t.

—Twelfth Night [Act III, sc. 4]

HOTSPUR

Such protest of

PEPPER-gingerbread.

—Henry IV, Pt. 1 [Act III, sc. 1]

POINS

Pray God,

you have not murdered

some of them.

FALSTAFF

Nay, that’s past praying for,

for I have PEPPERED

two of them.

—Henry IV, Pt. 1 [Act II, sc. 4]

FALSTAFF

I have led my ragamuffins,

where they are PEPPERED.

—Henry IV, Pt. I [Act V, sc. 3]

MERCUTIO

I am PEPPERED, I warrant, for this world.

—Romeo and Juliet [Act III, sc. 1]