Has honoured many with forgetfulness.
I’ll make this proof of thee; Show me thy fire—
Nay, give’t me now—if thou be true at all,
Be true so far: for the rest there’s none will lose,
Nor blame thee being false—where is thy fire?
Pr. O rather, had it thus been mine to give,
I would have given it thus: not adding aught
Of danger or diminishment or loss; 686
So strong is my goodwill; nor less than this
My knowledge, but in knowledge all my power.