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To have wrought such wonders with an Asses Jaw;
I should have forc'd thee soon with other arms,
Or left thy carkass where the Ass lay thrown:
So had the glory of Prowess been recover'd
To Palestine, won by a Philistine1110
From the unforeskinn'd race, of whom thou bear'st
The highest name for valiant Acts, that honour
Certain to have won by mortal duel from thee,
I lose, prevented by thy eyes put out.
Sam.Boast not of what thou wouldst have done, but do
What then thou would'st, thou seest it in thy hand.
Har.To combat with a blind man I disdain,
And thou hast need much washing to be toucht.
Sam.Such usage as your honourable Lords
Afford me assassinated and betray'd,1120
Who durst not with thir whole united powers
In fight withstand me single and unarm'd,
Nor in the house with chamber Ambushes
Close-banded durst attaque me, no not sleeping,