`` Ye think more of them than ye pretend . '' `` Not I , '' said Dick , stoutly . `` They come not in my mind . A plague of them , say I ! Give me to hunt and to fight and to feast , and to live with jolly foresters . I never heard of a maid yet that was for any service , save one only ; and she , poor shrew , was burned for a witch and the wearing of men 's clothes in spite of nature . '' Master Matcham crossed himself with fervour , and appeared to pray . `` What make ye ? '' Dick inquired . `` I pray for her spirit , '' answered the other , with a somewhat troubled voice . `` For a witch 's spirit ? '' Dick cried . `` But pray for her , an ye list ; she was the best wench in Europe , was this Joan of Arc . Old Appleyard the archer ran from her , he said , as if she had been Mahoun . Nay , she was a brave wench . '' `` Well , but , good Master Richard , '' resumed Matcham , `` an ye like maids so little , y ' are no true natural man ; for God made them twain by intention , and brought true love into the world , to be man 's hope and woman 's comfort . '' `` Faugh ! '' said Dick . `` Y ' are a milk-sopping baby , so to harp on women . An ye think I be no true man , get down upon the path , and whether at fists , back-sword , or bow and arrow , I will prove my manhood on your body . ''
`` Nay , I am no fighter , '' said XXXXX , eagerly .
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