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ou had turn'd your back to 'em, Basely besought their mercies-- _Leo_. No, no, by this hand, Sir, We fought like honest and tall men. _Antig_. I know't _Leontius_: or if I thought Neglect of rule, having his counsel with ye, Or too vain-glorious appetite of Fame, Your men forgot and scatter'd. _Leo_. None of these, Sir, He shew'd himself a noble Gentleman, Every way apt to rule. _Ant_. These being granted; Why should you think you have done an act so hainous, That nought but discontent dwells round about ye? I have lost a Battel. _Leo_. I, and fought it hard too. _Ant_. With as much means as man-- _Leo_. Or Devil could urge it. _Ant_. Twenty to one of our side now. _Leo_. Turn Tables, Beaten like Dogs again, like Owls, you take it To heart for flying but a mile before 'em; And to say the truth, 'twas no flight neither, Sir, 'Twas but a walk, a handsome walk, I have tumbl'd with this old Body, beaten like a Stock-fish, And stuck with Arrows, like an arming Quiver, Blouded and bang'd almost a day before 'em, And glad I have got off then. Here's a mad Shaver, He fights his share I am sure, when e'r he comes to't; Yet I have seen him trip it tithly too, And cry the Devil take the hindmost ever. _Lieu_. I learnt it of my Betters. _Leo_. Boudge at this? _Ant_. Has Fortune but one Face? _Lieu_. In her best Vizard Methinks she looks but lowzily. _Ant_. Chance, though she faint now, And sink below our expectations, Is there no hope left strong enough to buoy her? _Dem_. 'Tis not, this day I fled before the Enemy, And lost my People, left mine Honour murder'd, My maiden Honour, never to be ransom'd, (Which to a noble Soul is too too sensible) Afflicts me with this sadness; most of these, Time may turn straight again, experience perfect, And new Swords cut new ways to nobler Fortunes. O I have lost-- _Ant_. As you are mine forget it: I do not think it loss. _Dem_. O Sir, forgive me, I have lost my friends, those worthy Souls bred with me, I have lost my self, they were the pieces of me: I have lost all Arts, my Schools are taken from me, Honour and Arms, no emulation left me: I liv'd to see these men lost, look'd upon it: These men that twin'd their loves to mine, their vertues; O shame of shames! I saw and could not save 'em, This carries Sulphur in't, this burns, and boils me, And like a fatal Tomb, bestrides my memory. _Ant_. This was hard fortune, but if alive, and take
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