Con. Who hath measured the ground?
Mess. The Lord Grandpré.
Con. A valiant and most expert gentleman. Would120
it were day! Alas, poor Harry of England! he longs not
for the dawning as we do.
Orl. What a wretched and peevish fellow is this King
of England, to mope with his fat-brained followers so far[5023]
out of his knowledge!125
Con. If the English had any apprehension, they would
run away.
Orl. That they lack; for if their heads had any
intellectual armour, they could never wear such heavy head-pieces.
Ram. That island of England breeds very valiant130
creatures; their mastiffs are of unmatchable courage.
Orl. Foolish curs, that run winking into the mouth of
a Russian bear and have their heads crushed like rotten
apples! You may as well say, that's a valiant flea that
dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.[5024]135
Con. Just, just; and the men do sympathize with the
mastiffs in robustious and rough coming on, leaving their
wits with their wives: and then give them great meals of
beef and iron and steel, they will eat like wolves and fight
like devils.140
Orl. Ay, but these English are shrewdly out of beef.