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bottom of the news is, our general is cut i' the

middle, and but one half of what he was yester-

day, for the other has half, by the entreaty and

grant of the whole table. He'll go, he says, and

sowl the porter of Rome gates by the ears: he

will mow down all before him, and leave his

passage polled.

2. Serv. And he's as like to do 't as any man

I can imagine.

3. Serv. Do 't! he will do 't; for—look you,

sir—he has as many friends as enemies; which

friends, sir—as it were—durst not—look you,

sir—show themselves—as we term it—his friends,

whilst he's in directitude.

1. Serv. Directitude! what's that?

3. Serv. But when they shall see, sir, his crest

up again, and the man in blood, they will out of

their burrows, like conies after rain, and revel all

with him.

1. Serv. But when goes this forward?

3. Serv. To-morrow; to-day; presently. You

shall have the drum strook up this afternoon;

'tis, as it were, a parcel of their feast, and to be

executed ere they wipe their lips.

2. Serv. Why, then we shall have a stirring

world again. This peace is nothing but to rust

iron, increase tailors, and breed ballad-makers.

1. Serv. Let me have war, say I; it exceeds

peace as far as day does night; it's spritely,

 210 bottom: fundamental part

212, 213 by table: the whole table uniting both in requesting and granting

214 sowl: drag

215, 216 leave polled: leave headless bodies where he passes

223 directitude: error for 'discreditude,' discredit (?)

226 in blood: in fine fettle

227 conies: rabbits

230 presently: at once

232 parcel: part

235 nothing: good for nothing

