For count of this, the [count's] a fool, I know it,

Who pays before, but not [when] he does owe it.

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Thine, as he vowed to thee in thine ear,

Parolles.

Ber. He shall be whipped through the army with this

rhyme [in's] forehead.

Sec. Lord. This is your devoted friend, sir, the manifold

linguist and the armipotent soldier.

Ber. I could endure any thing before but a cat, and