Never do this at least, I pray to thee!

For hostile the new-comer, the step-dame,

To the old brood—a very viper she

For gentleness! Here stand they, boy and girl;

The boy has got a father, a defence

Tower-like, he speaks to and has answer from:

But thou, my girl, how will thy virginhood

Conclude itself in marriage fittingly?

Upon what sort of sire-found yoke-fellow

Art thou to chance? with all to apprehend—