And now, I cannot go.

Crat. Are you turned woman?

No more of this fond stuff.

Cleon. Shall I be left to gather rust in Egypt?

A glue of sloth to stick to my young pinions,

And mar their flight; habitual cowardice?

No; I must learn my stubborn trade of war

From you alone, and envy you betimes.

Cleom. But the conditions! Oh these hard conditions!

That such a spirit must be left behind,