Had you not come, not by his word, but writing,200

Would I have sworne to give it him againe,

And pawn'd mine honour to him for a paper.

Tam. See, how he flies me still! tis a foule heart

That feares his owne hand. Good my lord, make haste

To see the dangerous paper: papers hold[205]

Oft-times the formes and copies of our soules,

And (though the world despise them) are the prizes

Of all our honors; make your honour then

A hostage for it, and with it conferre