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He needs not; it is no hidden virtue in him.
CONSTABLE
By my faith, sir, but it is; never any body saw it but his lackey. ’Tis a hooded
valour; and when it appears, it will bate. [110]
ORLEANS
I will never said well.
CONSTABLE
I will cap that proverb with “There is flattery in friendship”.
ORLEANS
And I will take up that with “Give the devil his due”. [115]
CONSTABLE
Well placed: there stands your friend for the devil: have at the very eye of
that proverb with “A pox of the devil”.
ORLEANS
You are the better at proverbs, by how much “A fool’s bolt is soon shot”.
[120]
CONSTABLE
You have shot over.
ORLEANS
’Tis not the first time you were overshot.
Enter a Messenger.
MESSENGER
My Lord High Constable, the English lie within fifteen hundred paces of your
tents.
CONSTABLE
Who hath measured the ground? [125]
