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Lazarus (St. Luke 16. 19-31) is frequently referred to by Falstaff, possibly because Dives, ‘the glutton,’ who ‘fared sumptuously every day, but who went to hell and called out for the poor man Lazarus to ‘dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue,
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reminds Falstaff of his own manner of life and prob¬ able fate.