Sentence:  That he hath a neighbourly charitie in him, for he borrowed a <WSD>boxe</WSD> of the eare of the "Engliſhman", and ſwore he would pay him againe when hee was able : I thinke the "Frenchman" became his ſuretie, and ſeald vnder for another. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A blow with the fist.