been traveling to various inns around England and cheating the hosts of their money and horses. Caius later enters the inn and informs the Host that there is no report of any German Duke visiting the court in London. The Host realizes he has been cheated and exclaims, “I am undone” (75).
After the others exit, Falstaff presents a soliloquy in which he contrasts the Host’s being cheated or tricked (cozened) to his own experiences of traveling in a buck-basket and being transformed into a witch. Falstaff imagines the members of the court ridiculing him, and he thinks about repenting.
Mistress Quickly, however, then arrives to speak with the knight, and soon Falstaff will forget all thoughts of repentance when he hears that both wives seek his companionship.