And make him, naked, foil a man at arms.
I speak not this as doubting any here;
For did I but suspect a fearful man,
45 He should have leave to go away betimes,
Lest in our need he might infect another
And make him of like spirit to himself.
If any such be here—as God forbid!—
Let him depart before we need his help.
50 Oxf. Women and children of so high a courage,
And warriors faint! why, ’twere perpetual shame.