"Nay, if thou talk of reason, then be mute: For with good reason I can thee confute. If they, which first by nature's sacred law, Do owe to me the tribute of their lives; If they to whom I always have been kind, And bountiful beyond comparison; If they, for whom I have undone myself, And brought my age unto this extreme want, Do now reject, condemn, despise, abhor me, What reason moveth thee to sorrow for me?" - anon., 'King Leir'.
"Nay, if thou talk of reason, then be mute:
For with good reason I can thee confute.
If they, which first by nature's sacred law,
Do owe to me the tribute of their lives;
If they to whom I always have been kind,
And bountiful beyond comparison;
If they, for whom I have undone myself,
And brought my age unto this extreme want,
Do now reject, condemn, despise, abhor me,
What reason moveth thee to sorrow for me?"
- anon., 'King Leir'.