_Alarum. Excursions. Enter_ PISTOL, French Soldier, _and_ Boy.
_Pist._ Yield, cur!
_Fr. Sol._ Je pense que vous êtes gentilhomme de bonne[5169]
qualité.
_Pist._ Qualtitie calmie custure me! Art thou a gentleman?[5170]
what is thy name? discuss. 5
_Fr. Sol._ O Seigneur Dieu!
_Pist._ O, Signieur Dew should be a gentleman:[5171]
Perpend my words, O Signieur Dew, and mark;[5171]
O Signieur Dew, thou diest on point of fox,[5171][5172]
Except, O signieur, thou do give to me[5171] 10
Egregious ransom.[5171]
_Fr. Sol._ O, prenez miséricorde! ayez pitié de moi!
_Pist._ Moy shall not serve; I will have forty moys;[5173]
Or I will fetch thy rim out at thy throat[5173][5174]
In drops of crimson blood.[5173] 15
_Fr. Sol._ Est-il impossible d'échapper la force de ton
bras?
_Pist._ Brass, cur![5175]
Thou damned and luxurious mountain goat,[5175]
Offer'st me brass?[5175] 20
_Fr. Sol._ O pardonnez moi!
_Pist._ Say'st thou me so? is that a ton of moys?[5176]
Come hither, boy: ask me this slave in French[5176]
What is his name.[5176]
_Boy._ Écoutez: comment êtes-vous appelé? 25
_Fr. Sol._ Monsieur le Fer.
_Boy._ He says his name is Master Fer.
_Pist._ Master Fer! I'll fer him, and firk him, and ferret
him: discuss the same in French unto him.
_Boy._ I do not know the French for fer, and ferret, and 30
firk.
_Pist._ Bid him prepare; for I will cut his throat.
_Fr. Sol._ Que dit-il, monsieur?
_Boy._ Il me commande de vous dire que vous faites
vous prèt; car ce soldat ici est disposé tout à cette heure[5177] 35
de couper votre gorge.
_Pist._ Owy, cuppele gorge, permafoy,[5178]
Peasant, unless thou give me crowns, brave crowns;[5178][5179]
Or mangled shalt thou be by this my sword.[5178]
_Fr. Sol._ O, je vous supplie, pour l'amour de Dieu, me 40
pardonner! Je suis gentilhomme de bonne maison: gardez[5180]
ma vie, et je vous donnerai deux cents écus.
_Pist._ What are his words?
_Boy._ He prays you to save his life: he is a gentleman
of a good house; and for his ransom he will give you two 45
hundred crowns.
_Pist._ Tell him my fury shall abate, and I[5181]
The crowns will take.[5181]
_Fr. Sol._ Petit monsieur, que dit-il?
_Boy._ Encore qu'il est centre son jurement de pardonner 50
aucun prisonnier, néanmoins, pour les écus que vous
l'avez promis, il est content de vous donner la liberté, le
franchisement.
_Fr. Sol._ Sur mes genoux je vous donne mille remercîmens;
et je m'estime heureux que je suis tombé entre les[5182] 55
mains d'un chevalier, je pense, le plus brave, vaillant, et
très distingué seigneur d'Angleterre.
_Pist._ Expound unto me, boy.
_Boy._ He gives you, upon his knees, a thousand thanks;
and he esteems himself happy that he hath fallen into the[5183] 60
hands of one, as he thinks, the most brave, valorous, and
thrice-worthy signieur of England.
_Pist._ As I suck blood, I will some mercy show.[5184]
Follow me![5185]
_Boy._ Suivez-vous le grand capitaine. [_Exeunt Pistol,[5186]_ 65
_and French Soldier._] I did never know so full a voice[5187]
issue from so empty a heart: but the saying is true, 'The[5188]
empty vessel makes the greatest sound.' Bardolph and
Nym had ten times more valour than this roaring devil i'
the old play, that every one may pare his nails with a[5189] 70
wooden dagger; and they are both hanged; and so would[5190]
this be, if he durst steal any thing adventurously. I must
stay with the lackeys, with the luggage of our camp: the
French might have a good prey of us, if he knew of it; for[5191]
there is none to guard it but boys. [_Exit._ 75