And ’tis as yet not irksome.—In a word,
Have done, or chuse some arbiter between us:
Or cease, or choose some arbiter between us:
I’ll prove that you are more in fault than I.
Demea. Ah, learn to be a father; learn from those
Who know what ’tis to be indeed a parent!
Micio. By nature you’re his father, I by counsel.
Demea. You! do you counsel any thing?
Micio. Nay, nay;
If you persist, I’m gone.