The boy’s destruction, were’t not done in earnest
And backed by force.
Agr.Then, since the case demands
All earnestness, and since we lack not force .....
Bur. Between your son’s rule and your stepson’s claim
There lies no middle way.
Agr.I never held
That a stout purpose chose a middle way.
Sen. What, what! Consider, madam, what you urge
Is to dethrone your son.