To overbear a heavy consequence,

That—shall a sciolist affect to see?

All he saw—that is, all such oaf should see,

Was just the mother's suffering."

"In my tale,

Be God the Hakim: in the husband's case,

Call ready acquiescence—aptitude

Angelic, understanding swift and sure:

Call the first son—a wise humanity,

Slow to conceive but duteous to adopt: