'T is not so: I am glad.

Par. And if I please

To spit on them, to trample them, what then?

'T is sorry warfare truly, but the fools

Provoke it. I would spare their self-conceit,

But if they must provoke me, cannot suffer

Forbearance on my part, if I may keep

No quality in the shade, must needs put forth

Power to match power, my strength against their strength,

And teach them their own game with their own arms—