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King Henry the Fourth, II. iv

Gads. And bound them.

Peto. No, no, they were not bound.

Fal. You rogue, they were bound, every

man of them; or I am a Jew else, an Ebrew

Jew.

Gads. As we were sharing, some six or seven

fresh men set upon us,—

Fal. And unbound the rest, and then come

in the other.

Prince. What, fought ye with them all?

Fal. All! I know not what ye call all; but if

I fought not with fifty of them, I am a bunch of

radish: if there were not two or three and fifty

upon poor old Jack, then am I no two-legged

creature.

Prince. Pray God you have not murdered

some of them.

Fal. Nay, that's past praying for: I have

peppered two of them: two I am sure I have

paid, two rogues in buckram suits. I tell thee

what, Hal, if I tell thee a lie, spit in my face, call

me horse. Thou knowest my old ward; here I

lay, and thus I bore my point. Four rogues in

buckram let drive at me,—

Prince. What, four? thou saidst but two

even now.

Fal. Four, Hal; I told thee four.

Poins. Ay, ay, he said four.

Fal. These four came all a-front, and mainly

thrust at me. I made me no more ado but took

all their seven points in my target, thus.

 217 paid: killed

226 mainly: strongly (cf. might and main)

228 target: shield 