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HOLOFERNES

I will not be put out of countenance.

     BEROWNE

Because thou hast no face.

     HOLOFERNES

What is this?

     BOY ET

A cittern-head. [605]

     DUMAINE

The head of a bodkin.

     BEROWNE

A death’s face in a ring.

     LONGAVILLE

The face of an old Roman coin, scarce seen.

     BOY ET

The pommel of Caesar’s falchion.

     DUMAINE

The carved bone face on a flask. [610]

     BEROWNE

Saint George’s half-cheek in a brooch.

     DUMAINE

Ay, in a brooch of lead.

     BEROWNE

Ay, and worn in the cap of a toothdrawer. And now forward, for we have
put thee in countenance.

     HOLOFERNES

You have put me out of countenance. [615]
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