[10] Wappered = tired. A Cotswold word.
To him replied the stranger wearily:
Where is the horse that doth untread again
His tedious measures with the unbated fire
That he did pace them first? All things that are,
Are with more spirit chased than enjoyed.[11]
[11] Merchant of Venice, II. vi.
"Hast been with the hounds to-day?" enquired the honest squire.
"Ah, sir, and that I have," was the reply; "and never have I seen such sport before. For seven long hours they made the welkin ring, and ran like swallows o'er the plain." [12]
[12] Titus Andronicus, II. ii.
"Please to step in; we be just a-settin' down to supper--a cold capon and a venison pasty. I'll tell my serving man to take thy nag to yonder yard, and make him comfortable for the night."
"Thanks, sir, I'll take him round myself, and give the honest beast a drench of barley broth,[13] and afterwards, to cheer him up a bit, a handful or two of dried peas." [14]
[13] Henry V., III. v.