Sentence:  "Arch"["ers"]. In default of six pistoles, / Choose then without ado / To receive thirty <WSD>fillips</WSD>, / Or twelve blows with the stick. / "Punch." If it must be, and that I must pass through that, I choose the <WSD>fillips</WSD>. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A smart strike or tap made using this action, or  by other means.