The Merry Wives of Windsor — Act 2, Scene 3: A field near Windsor.

At the field near Windsor, Doctor Caius waits angrily for Sir Hugh Evans, who has not arrived for their arranged meeting. Rugby teases him, and Caius prepares for a fight, but the Host enters with Shallow, Slender, and Page, turning the quarrel into comic talk. The Host mocks Caius’s temper while Shallow urges him to act like a man of peace. He then gets Page, Shallow, and Slender to leave by another route so he can keep Caius away from Evans. Once alone with Caius, the Host calms him and promises to lead him to Anne Page, while Caius thanks him and follows.