Cleom. 'Tis poison; and my mother, and my wife,

And my poor famished boy, are eating death.

Thou would'st not have me think, that thou repent'st?

Clean. Heaven knows, I do not!

Cleom. Well said, man! Go on; and be not bashful,

To own the merits of thy wickedness.

Clean. What need has innocence of a repentance?

Cleom. Shuffling again! Pr'ythee, be of a piece.

A little steadiness becomes a villain.