Prince. Seven? why, there were but four even
now.
Fal. In buckram?
Poins. Ay, four, in buckram suits. 232
Fal. Seven, by these hilts, or I am a villain
else.
Prince. Prithee, let him alone; we shall have
more anon. 236
Fal. Dost thou hear me, Hal?
Prince. Ay, and mark thee too, Jack.
Fal. Do so, for it is worth the listening to.
These nine in buckram that I told thee of,— 240
Prince. So, two more already.
Fal. Their points being broken,—
Poins. Down fell their hose.
Fal. Began to give me ground; but I fol-
lowed me close, came in foot and hand, and
with a thought seven of the eleven I paid.
Prince. O monstrous! eleven buckram men
grown out of two. 248
Fal. But, as the devil would have it, three
misbegotten knaves in Kendal-green came at my
back and let drive at me; for it was so dark,
Hal, that thou couldst not see thy hand. 252
Prince. These lies are like the father that be-
gets them; gross as a mountain, open, palpable.
Why, thou clay-brained guts, thou knotty-pated
fool, thou whoreson, obscene, greasy tallow-
ketch,— 257
Fal. What, art thou mad? art thou mad?
is not the truth the truth?
Prince. Why, how couldst thou know these
242 points; cf. n.
250 Kendal-green; cf. n.
255 knotty-pated: thick-headed
256 tallow-ketch: tub of tallow
