Some manufacturers advocate the use of thighless legs whether the stumps are long or short, and pay little attention to the character of the extremities.

But, in the cutting of it, if thou dost shed / One drop of cygnine blood, thy clumsiness...

This argument was the hinge on which the question turned.

My Lord of Hereford here whom you call King, / Is a foule traitour to proud Herefords King, / And if you crowne him let me propheſie, / The bloud of Engliſh ſhall manure the ground, / And future ages groane for this foule act, …