Then bid them bring me hither my furr'd gown With the long sleeves, and under it I'll wear, By Lambert's leave, a secret coat of mail; And will you lend me, John, your little axe? I mean the one with Paul wrought on the blade? And I will carry it inside my sleeve, Good to be ready always; you, John, go And bid them set up many suits of arms, Bows, archgays, lances, in the base-court, and Yourself, from the south postern setting out, With twenty men, be ready to break through Their unguarded rear when I cry out, St. George! JOHN CURZON. How, sir! will you attack him unawares, And slay him unarm'd? SIR PETER. Trust me, John, I know The reason why he comes here with sleeved gown, Fit to hide axes up. So, let us go. [_They go._ _Outside the castle by the great gate;_ Sir Lambert _and_ Sir Peter _seated; guards attending each, the rest of_ Sir Lambert's _men drawn up about a furlong off._ SIR PETER. And if I choose to take the losing side Still, does it hurt you? SIR LAMBERT. O! no hurt to me; I see you sneering, Why take trouble then, Seeing you love me not? Look you, our house (Which, taken altogether, I love much) Had better be upon the right side now, If, once for all, it wishes to bear rule As such a house should: cousin, you're too wise To feed your hope up fat, that this fair France Will ever draw two ways again; this side The French, wrong-headed, all a-jar With envious longings; and the other side The order'd English, orderly led on By those two Edwards through all wrong and right, And muddling right and wrong to a thick broth With that long stick, their strength. This is all changed, The true French win, on either side you have Cool-headed men, good at a tilting match, And good at setting battles in array, And good at squeezing taxes at due time; Therefore by nature we French being here Upon our own big land: [_Sir Peter laughs aloud._ Well, Peter! well! What makes you laugh? SIR PETER. Hearing you sweat to prove All this I know so well; but you have read The siege of Troy? SIR LAMBERT. O! yea, I know it well. SIR PETER.