In father’s stead should own them. For the rest,

To the chaste precepts graven on your heart

That oft I gave, one timely warning add,

That time, which proveth all, approve your lives

Before this people; for ’gainst the stranger, calumny

Flows deftly from the tongue, and cheap traducement

Costs not a thought. I charge ye, therefore, daughters,

Your age being such that turns the eyes of men

To ready gaze, in all ye do consult

Your father’s honor: such ripe bloom as yours