Mordred. Whose breast is free from rage may soon b’ advised.
Conan. The best redress from rage is to relent.
Mordred. ’Tis better for a king to kill his foes.
Conan. So that the subjects also judge them foes.
Mordred. The subjects must not judge their king’s decrees.
Conan. The subjects’ force is great.
Mordred.[261] Greater the king’s.
Conan. The more you may, the more you ought to fear.
Mordred. He is a fool that feareth what he may.
Conan. Not what you may, but what you ought, is just.