Than public means which public manners breeds.
Thence comes it that my name receives a brand,
And almost thence my nature is subdued
To what it works in, like the dyer’s hand.
Pity me then, and wish I were renew’d
Whilst like a willing patient I will drink
Potions of eysell, ’gainst my strong infection:
No bitterness that I will bitter think,
Not double penance to correct correction.
Pity me, then, dear friend, and I assure ye