[12.]A Barber left handed
Trim'd so well, that he bandy'd[141]
With all the Barbers in the Strand,
For he trims dextrously;[142]
But that I deny,
'Cause he does it with his left hand.
[141] Was at feud. Minsheu gives its meaning "to join in a faction" and its equivalent in French as "bander," "mutiner." Fleming translates "bander" "to rise—to band against one."
[142] Dexter, Lat., right hand.
[17.] John came to Thomas his house to speak with him: but Thomas came to the door, and bid his Maid say he was not at home, which John overheard; Two or three days after, Thomas came to speak with John, and John looks out a window, and told him he was not at home: Why do you say so? do I not see you at home? Hey day, says John, I believed your Maid you were not at home and you will not believe me my own self.