To Brainhardy
XVI. ? TO BRAINHARDY. HARDY, thy brain is valiant, 'tis confest, Thou more ; That with it every day dar'st jest Thy self into fresh brawls : when, call'd upon, Scarce thy week's swearing brings thee off, of one. So in short time, thou art in arrearage grown Some hundred quarrels, yet dost thou fight none ; Nor need'st thou : for those few, by oath releast, Make good what thou dar'st do in all the rest. Keep thy self there, and think thy valor right ; He that dares damn himself, dares more than fight.