POSTHUMUS.
A repulse: though your attempt, as you call it, deserve
more—a punishment too.
PHILARIO.
Gentlemen, enough of this. It came in too suddenly; let it
die as it was born, and I pray you be better acquainted.
IACHIMO.
Would I had put my estate and my neighbor's on the
approbation of what I have said!
POSTHUMUS.
What lady would you choose to assail?
IACHIMO.