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And couple Clowder with the deep-mouth’d brach. 
Saw’st thou not, boy, how Silver made it good 
At the hedge corner, in the coldest fault ? 
I would not lose the dog for twenty pound. 
1st Huntsman. Why, Belman is as good as he, my 
lord; 
He cried upon it at the merest loss, 
And twice to-day pick’d out the dullest scent. 
Trust me, I take him for the better dog. 
Lord. Thou art a fool; if Echo were as fleet, 
I would esteem him worth a dozen such. 
But sup them well, and look unto them all; 
To-morrow I intend to hunt again. 
Taming of the Shrew, Ind., Scene 1. 
Arthur. And, like a dog that is compelled to fight, 
Snatch at his master that doth tarre him on. 
King John, Act iv. Scene 1. 
Falstaff. . . . you may stroke him as gently 
as a puppy greyhound : 
King Henry IV., Part II. Act ii. Scene 4. 
Ramhures. That island of England breeds very 
valiant creatures; their mastiffs are of unmatchable 
courage. 
King Henry V., Act iii. Scene 7. 
Talbot. They call’d us, for our fierceness, English 
dogs; 
Warwick. Between two dogs, which hath the 
deeper mouth, 
King Henry VI., Part I. Act i. Scene 5 ; 
Act ii. Scene 4. 
