And fain would'st add fresh evils unto these.
But thou, if thou wilt take me as thy teacher,
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Wilt not kick out against the pricks;[[154]] seeing well
A monarch reigns who gives account to none.
And now I go, and will an effort make,
If I, perchance, may free thee from thy woes;
Be still then, hush thy petulance of speech,
Or knowest thou not, o'er-clever as thou art,
That idle tongues must still their forfeit pay?