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BEROWNE
False! We have given thee faces.
HOLOFERNES
But you have outfaced them all.
BEROWNE
An thou wert a lion, we would do so.
BOY ET
Therefore, as he is an ass, let him go.
And so adieu, sweet Jude. Nay, why dost thou stay? [620]
DUMAINE
For the latter end of his name.
BEROWNE
For the ass to the Jude? Give it him. Jude-as, away!
HOLOFERNES
This is not generous, not gentle, not humble.
BOY ET
A light for Monsieur Judas! It grows dark; he may stumble.
Holofernes retires.
PRINCESS
Alas, poor Maccabaeus, how hath he been [625] baited!
Enter Armado as Hector.
BEROWNE
Hide thy head, Achilles! Here comes Hector in arms.
DUMAINE
Though my mocks come home by me, I will now be merry. [630]
KING
Hector was but a Trojan in respect of this.
