AMADINE. This is too big;
I cannot wield it in my arm.
BREMO. Is't so, we'll have a knotty crabtree staff for thee:
But, sirrah, tell me, what say'st thou?
MUCEDORUS. With all my heart I willing am to learn.
BREMO. Then take my staff, and see how thou canst wield it.
MUCEDORUS. First teach me how to hold it in my hand.
BREMO. Thou hold'st it well. [To Amadine.]
Look how he doth;
Thou mayest the sooner learn.
MUCEDORUS. Next tell me how and when 'tis best to strike.
BREMO. 'Tis best to strike when time doth serve,
'Tis best to lose no time.
MUCEDORUS. Then now or never is my time to strike.
BREMO. And when thou strikest, be sure to hit the head.