 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kune kunyange nongedzero yokuti Falstaff pakutanga akanga ari Oldcastle muThe Merry Wives of Windsorwo. Apo First Folio nequarto zvinyorwa zvemutambo iwoyo zvinoenzaniswa, kunoratidzika kuti majee ari muV,v,8590 ndeokuti OldcastleFalstaff anozvipa mhosva nokudanidzira tsamba yokutanga yezita rake, O, O, O!, apo zvigunwe zvake zvinopiswa nemwenje - izvo zvechokwadi zvinoshanda kuOldcastle asi kwete kuFalstaff. Kunewo kunongedzera kunhare muna IV, v, 6 womutambo mumwe chetewo. Zita rokuti Falstaff rakabva kuna Sir John Fastolf, uyo aivawo munhu anozivikanwa munhau - anonzi aiva munhu ane makaro uye aida mari, uyo aiva nomukurumbira zvichida usina kukodzera wokutyisa paHondo yePataymuna 1429. Fastolf, zvisinei, akafa asina vazukuru, achimuita akachengeteka nokuda kwokushandiswa kwomunyori wemitambo. Akanga atooneka somufambisi wehondo anotyisa muna Henry VI, chikamu 1. 