"'Were you but riding forth to air yourself,
Such parting were too petty.'
"'He were (=would be) no lion, were not Romans hinds.'
"'Should he be roused out of his sleep to-night, ...
It were not well; indeed it were not well.'—Shelley.
"Had is sometimes used in the principal clause for 'should have' or 'would have.'[33]
"'Had I known this before we set out, I think I had (= would have) remained at home.'—Scott.
"'Hadst thou been kill'd when first thou didst presume,
Thou hadst not lived to kill a son of mine.'
"'If he
Had killed me, he had done a kinder deed.'
"'For once he had been ta'en or slain,
An it had not been his ministry.'—Scott.
"'If thou hadst said him nay, it had been sin.'[34]