And though you have a far better face than I,

Yet who is better man of us two these fists shall try,

Unless you leave your taunting.

Jack. Thou began’st first; didst thou now not say even now,

That Carisophus my master was no man but a cow,

In taking so many blows, and gave[89] never a blow again?

Will. I said so indeed, he is but a tame ruffian,

That can swear by his flask and twich-box,[90] and God’s precious lady,

And yet will be beaten with a faggot-stick.

These barking whelps were never good biters,