ENGL 2148 Chapter : Second English Writing Assigment
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As young as i am, i have observed these three swashers. I am boy to them all three: but all they three, though they would serve me, could not be man to me; for indeed three such antics do not amount to a man. For bardolph, he is white-livered and red-faced; by the means whereof a" faces it out, but fights not. For pistol, he hath a killing tongue and a quiet sword; by the means whereof a" breaks words, and keeps whole weapons. They will steal any thing, and call it purchase. Bardolph stole a lute-case, bore it twelve leagues, and sold it for three half pence. Nim and bardolph are sworn brothers in filching, and in calais they stole a fire-shovel: i knew by that piece of service the men would carry coals. I must leave them, and seek some better service: their villany goes against my weak stomach, and therefore i must cast it up.
