Why, I meant nothing but a basolus manus.[417]

Basilisco.

No? didst thou not mean to give me the privy stab?

Piston.

No, by my troth, sir.

Basilisco.

Nay, if thou hadst, I had not fear'd thee, I;
I tell thee, my skin holds out pistol-proof.

Piston.

Pistol-proof? I'll try if it will hold out pin-proof.

[Then he pricks him with a pin.