How we cite our quotes: (Act.Scene.Line)
Quote #1
SIR HUGH
It is that fery person for all the 'orld, as just
as you will desire. And seven hundred pounds of
moneys, and gold and silver, is her grandsire upon
his death's-bed (Got deliver to a joyful resurrections!)
give, when she is able to overtake seventeen
years old. It were a goot motion if we leave our
pribbles and prabbles, and desire a marriage between
Master Abraham and Mistress Anne Page. (1.1.49-56)
Ah, young love. Here, Evans is acting as matchmaker for Slender and Anne—or at least, a matchmaker for their wallets. Hey, hers is full and his is empty: they're made for each other.
Quote #2
SLENDER
Did her grandsire leave her seven hundred
pound?
SIR HUGH
Ay, and her father is make her a petter
penny.
SLENDER
I know the young gentlewoman. She has
good gifts.
SIR HUGH
Seven hundred pounds and possibilities is goot
gifts. (1.1.57-64)
Not only has Anne's grandfather left her a nice inheritance, but her dad is also rich, which means that Anne will have a big dowry when she gets hitched. (A "dowry" is just the money, goods, and/or property a woman brings to her husband when she's married.) Also, check out the repetition of "good gifts." Normally, when we say a person has "good gifts" we mean that he/she has good qualities (nice, pretty, smart, kind, etc.). When Evans says Anne's got "goot gifts" (in his thick Welsh accent), he's talking about the big, fat dowry her future husband will be gifted with.
Quote #3
SLENDER
I will marry her, sir, at your request. But if
there be no great love in the beginning, yet heaven
may decrease it upon better acquaintance, when
we are married and have more occasion to know
one another. I hope upon familiarity will grow
more contempt. But if you say, "Marry her," I will
marry her. That I am freely dissolved, and dissolutely. (1.1.240-247)
Here, Slender is grudgingly agreeing to marry Anne. And, whoops, we think he meant to say that heaven might "increase" (not "decrease") his "love" for Anne over time. Calling One Direction: we've got your next love song right here. Not.