He badly wanted to reassure Marguerite that all would be well, and he wouldn't lose, but instead he yelled, "Aside, woman! Aside, ye infernal woman, before ye get yerself hurt." Which he was sure was a caring way of saying that he could handle himself, don't interfere...or something.

Percy turned his attention once more towards Beaufort, his rapier raised and at the ready. "Come on then, man, or are ye all talk? Fight me like a man instead o' the dog I know ye are..." He took a threatening swing at the larger Frenchman, inviting him to parry and strike.