Reading The Second Part of the Henry the Fourth, Contaning his Death: and the Coronation of King Henry the Fift

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Falst.

Will you tell me (Master Shallow)how to chuse

a man? Care I for the Limbe, the Thewes, the stature,

bulke, and bigge assemblance of a man? giue mee the

spirit (Master Shallow.) Where's Wart? you see what

a ragged appearance it is: hee shall charge you, and

discharge you, with the motion of a Pewterers Ham

mer: come off, and on, swifter then hee that gibbets on

the Brewers Bucket. And this same halfe‑fac'd fellow,

Shadow, giue me this man: hee presents no marke to the

Enemie, the foe‑man may with as great ayme leuell at

the edge of a Pen‑knife: and for a Retrait, how swiftly

will this Feeble, the Womans Taylor, runne off. O, giue

me the spare men, and spare me the great ones. Put me a

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