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Why, he hacked it with his dagger, and said he would swear truth out of
England but he would make you believe it was done in fight, and persuaded
us to do the like.
BARDOLPH
Yea, and to tickle our noses with speargrass to [295] make them bleed, and
then to beslubber our garments with it and swear it was the blood of true
men. I did that I did not this seven year before − I blushed to hear his
monstrous devices.
PRINCE
O villain! thou stolest a cup of sack eighteen years [300] ago and wert taken
with the manner, and ever since thou hast blushed extempore. Thou hadst
fire and sword on thy side, and yet thou ran’st away. What instinct hadst thou
for it?
BARDOLPH
My lord, do you see these meteors? Do you [305] behold these exhalations?
PRINCE
I do.
BARDOLPH
What think you they portend?
PRINCE
Hot livers and cold purses.
BARDOLPH
Choler, my lord, if rightly taken. [310]
PRINCE
No, if rightly taken, halter.
Enter Falstaff.
Here comes lean Jack; here comes bare-bone. How now, my sweet creature
of bombast? How long is’t ago, Jack, since thou sawest thine own knee?
