the measure is filled , and runneth over . 'T is a great thing to be weak , I trow : ye can do your worst , yet shall none punish you ; ye may steal a man 's weapons in the hour of need , yet may the man not take his own again ; -- y ' are weak , forsooth ! Nay , then , if one cometh charging at you with a lance , and crieth he is weak , ye must let him pierce your body through ! Tut ! fool words ! '' `` And yet ye beat me not , '' returned Matcham . `` Let be , '' said Dick -- `` let be . I will instruct you . Y ' ` ave been ill-nurtured , methinks , and yet ye have the makings of some good , and , beyond all question , saved me from the river . Nay , I had forgotten it ; I am as thankless as thyself . But , come , let us on . An we be for Holywood this night , ay , or to-morrow early , we had best set forward speedily . '' But though Dick had talked himself back into his usual good-humour , Matcham had forgiven him nothing . His violence , the recollection of the forester whom he had slain -- above all , the vision of the upraised belt , were things not easily to be forgotten . `` I will thank you , for the form 's sake , '' said Matcham . `` But , in sooth , good Master Shelton , I had liever find my way alone . Here is a wide wood ; prithee , let each choose his path ; I owe you a dinner and a lesson . Fare ye well ! '' `` Nay , '' cried Dick , `` if that be your tune , so be it , and a plague be with you ! '' Each turned aside , and they began walking off severally , with no thought of the direction , intent solely on their quarrel .
But Dick had not gone ten paces ere his name was called , and XXXXX came running after .
Dick Matcham ay crieth forsooth methinks prithee runneth sooth thyself