_Count._ This is a riddling merchant for the nonce; He will be here, and yet he is not here: How can these contrarieties agree? _Tal._ That will I show you presently.   [abc060] [_Winds his horn. Drums strike up: a peal of ordnance. Enter Soldiers._ How say you, madam? are you now persuaded That Talbot is but shadow of himself? These are his substance, sinews, arms and strength, With which he yoketh your rebellious necks, Razeth your cities and subverts your towns   ·abc065· And in a moment makes them desolate. _Count._ Victorious Talbot! pardon my abuse: I find thou art no less than fame hath bruited And more than may be gather’d by thy shape.   [abc069] Let my presumption not provoke thy wrath;   ·abc070· For I am sorry that with reverence I did not entertain thee as thou art. _Tal._ Be not dismay’d, fair lady; nor misconstrue   [abc073] The mind of Talbot, as you did mistake The outward composition of his body.   ·abc075· What you have done hath not offended me; Nor other satisfaction do I crave, But only, with your patience, that we may   [abc078] Taste of your wine and see what cates you have; For soldiers’ stomachs always serve them well.   ·abc080· _Count._ With all my heart, and think me honoured To feast so great a warrior in my house. [_Exeunt._ SCENE IV. _London. The Temple-garden_. _Enter the_ EARLS of SOMERSET, SUFFOLK, _and_ WARWICK; RICHARD PLANTAGENET, VERNON, _and another_ Lawyer. _Plan._ Great lords and gentlemen, what means this silence?   [abd001] Dare no man answer in a case of truth? _Suf._ Within the Temple-hall we were too loud; The garden here is more convenient. _Plan._ Then say at once if I maintain’d the truth;   ·abd005· Or else was wrangling Somerset in the error?   [abd006] _Suf._ Faith, I have been a truant in the law, And never yet could frame my will to it;   [abd008] And therefore frame the law unto my will. _Som._ Judge you, my lord of Warwick, then, between us.   ·abd010· _War._ Between two hawks, which flies the higher pitch; Between two dogs, which hath the deeper mouth; Between two blades, which bears the better temper:   [abd013] Between two horses, which doth bear him best; Between two girls, which hath the merriest eye;   ·abd015· I have perhaps some shallow spirit of judgement: But in these nice sharp quillets of the law, Good faith, I am no wiser than a daw. _Plan._ Tut, tut, here is a mannerly forbearance: The truth appears so naked on my side   ·abd020· That any purblind eye may find it out. _Som._ And on my side it is so well apparell’d, So clear, so shining and so evident That it will glimmer through a blind man’s eye.   [abd024]