"Mark what I say, which you shall find to be

By every syllable a faithful verity."


"There to give up their power. If you can, pace your wisdom

In that good path, that I would wish it go in

And you shall have your bosom on the wretch."

The punctuation of the first line, which is that given by the editors, while aiming at sense, makes it unreadable. We should read "Pace, if you can, your wisdom." Or, retaining this line unaltered, we might in the third line read Then for 'And.' (See on M. N. D. ii. 1.)


"I am combined by a sacred vow."