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 My friend, judge not me,
 Thou seest I judge not thee;
  Betwixt the stirrop and the ground,
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 My friend, judge not me,
 Thou seest I judge not thee;
  Betwixt the stirrop and the ground,
   Mercy I askt, mercy I found. 
 What is there that you enter upon so favorably as not to repent 
of the undertaking and the accomplishment read more 
 What is there that you enter upon so favorably as not to repent 
of the undertaking and the accomplishment of your wish?
 [Lat., Quid tam dextro pede concipis ut te conatus non poeniteat 
votique peracti?] 
I'll be damned for never a king's son in Christendom.
I'll be damned for never a king's son in Christendom.
 In other men we faults may spy,
 And blame the mote that dims their eye;
  Each little read more 
 In other men we faults may spy,
 And blame the mote that dims their eye;
  Each little speck and blemish find,
   To our own stronger errors blind. 
 And then a whoreson jackanapes must take me up for swearing, as 
if I borrowed mine oaths of him read more 
 And then a whoreson jackanapes must take me up for swearing, as 
if I borrowed mine oaths of him and might not spend them at my 
pleasure. 
 With thumb turned.
 [Lat., Verso pollice.]  
 With thumb turned.
 [Lat., Verso pollice.] 
 We judge other according to results; how else?--not knowing the 
process by which results are arrived at.  
 We judge other according to results; how else?--not knowing the 
process by which results are arrived at. 
 So soon as ever thou seest him, draw; and as thou draw'st, swear 
horrible; for it comes to pass read more 
 So soon as ever thou seest him, draw; and as thou draw'st, swear 
horrible; for it comes to pass oft that a terrible oath, with a 
swaggering accent sharply twanged off, gives manhood more 
approbation than ever proof itself would have earned him. 
 Bad language or abuse
 I never, never use,
  Whatever the emergency;
   Though "Bother it" read more 
 Bad language or abuse
 I never, never use,
  Whatever the emergency;
   Though "Bother it" I may
    Occasionally say,
     I never never use a big, big D.