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 With curves of spears. What! do not doubt, my lord,

You'll get the money, this man saved my life,

And I will buy him for two thousand crowns;

Well, five then—eh! what! "No" again? well then,

Ten thousand crowns?

I cannot please you, yea, good sooth, I grieve

This knight must die, as verily he must;

For I have sworn it, so men take him out,

Use him not roughly.

, coming forward

Music will suit you well, I think, because

You look so mild, like Laurence being grill'd;

Or perhaps music soft and low, because

This is high day of triumph unto me,

Is it not, Peter?

Eh! you are pale, because this hurts you much,

Whose life was pleasant to you, not like mine,

You ruin'd wretch! Men mock me in the streets,

Only in whispers loud, because I am

Friend of the constable; will this please you,

Unhappy Peter? once a-going home,

Without my servants, and a little drunk,

At midnight through the lone dim lamp-lit streets,

A whore came up and spat into my eyes,

(Rather to blind me than to make me see,)

But she was very drunk, and tottering back,

Even in the middle of her laughter, fell