And now forward; for we have put thee in countenance. 620
Hol. You have put me out of countenance.
Ber. False: we have given thee faces.
Hol. But you have outfaced them all.
Ber. An thou wert a lion, we would do so. 624
Boyet. Therefore, as he is an ass, let him go.
And so adieu, sweet Jude! nay, why dost thou stay?
Dum. For the later end of his name.
Ber. For the ass to the Jude? give it him:—Jud-as, away! 628
Hol. This is not generous, not gentle, not humble.
Boyet. A light for Monsieur Judas! it grows dark, he may stumble. [Hol. retires.]
Prin. Alas! poor Maccabæus, how hath he been baited.
Enter Braggart [i.e. Armado, for Hector].
Ber. Hide thy head, Achilles: here comes 632
Hector in arms.
Dum. Though my mocks come home by me,
I will now be merry.
King. Hector was but a Troyan in respect of 636
this.
Boyet. But is this Hector?
King. I think Hector was not so clean-tim-
bered. 640
Long. His calf is too big for Hector's.
Dum. More calf, certain.
Boyet. No; he is best indued in the small.
Ber. This cannot be Hector. 644
Dum. He's a god or a painter; for he makes
faces.
634 by: about, near
636 Troyan: Trojan, contemptible fellow
640 clean-timbered: well-built
643 small: small of the leg
