Tar.My liege,

I’ll serve thee as a son, and to that title

Would prove my fitness.

Sa. (aside). By thine absence prove it.

K. And if thou, son, wouldst dally now with war,

Rather than grasp the hours of peace and love,

What shall I think?

Tar.That threat must stay me here.

K. Ay, stay; and I will solve thy scruple thus,

Good Sala. By the laws of chivalry