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That stopp’d by me to breathe his bloodied horse : 
He ask’d the way to Chester; and of him 
I did demand what news from Shrewsbury. 
He told me, that rebellion had ill luck, 
And that young Harry Percy’s spur was cold : 
With that, he gave his able horse the head, 
And, bending forward, struck his armed heels 
Against the panting sides of his poor jade 
Up to the rowel-head; and starting so, 
He seem’d in running to devour the way, 
Staying no longer question. 
North. Why should the gentleman that rode by 
Travers 
Give then such instances of loss ? 
Lord Bardolph. Who, he ? 
He was some hilding fellow, that had stolen 
The horse he rode on ; 
King Henry IV., Part II. Act i. Scene i. 
Dauphin .he is, indeed, 
a horse; and all other jades you may call beasts. 
King Henry V., Act iii. Scene 7. 
Warwick. Between two horses, which doth bear 
him best, 
King Henry VI., Part I. Act ii. Scene 4. 
York . 
. . . as fast as horse can carry them; 
King Henry VI., Part II. Act i. Scene 4. 
York . ....... 
Unless the adage must be verified, 
That beggars, mounted, run their horse to death. 
King Henry VI., Part III. Act i. Scene 4. 
