The Works of Ben Jonson; With Notes Critical And Explanatory, And a Biographical Memoir

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The Works of Ben Jonson; With Notes Critical And Explanatory, And a Biographical Memoir
Gifford, William, 1756-1826
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Digitized by Google sc. V. IN HIS HUMOUR. T15 E, Know. Nay, I know not, nor can I conceive.
Bob. Why thus, sir. I would select nineteen more, to myself, throughout the land; gentlemen they should be of good spirit, strong and able consti- tution ; I would choose them by an instinct, a cha- racter that I have : and I would teach these nineteen the special rules, as your punto,® your reverso, your stoccata, your imbroccato, your passada, your mon- tanto ; till they could all play very near, or al
...together as well as myself. This done, say the enemy were forty thousand strong, we twenty would come into the field the tenth of March, or thereabouts; and we would challenge twenty of the enemy ; they could not in their honour refuse us : Well, we would kill them ; challenge twenty more, kill them ; twenty more, kill them ; twenty more, kill them too ; and thus would we kill every man his twenty a day, that's twenty score ; twenty score, that's two hundred ; ^ two hun- • / would teach these nineteen the special rules ^ as your punto, &c] The tenns that follow are adopted from the fencing schools of the author*s days; and are enumerated, nearly in the same manner, by Shakspeare and others.

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