But he that needless yields unto his bane,

When he may shun, doth well deserve to lose

The good he cannot use. Who would sustain

A baser life, that may maintain the best?

We cannot part the crown: a regal throne

Is not for two: the sceptre fits but one.

But whether is the fitter of us two,

That must our swords discern, and shortly shall.

Conan. How much were you to be renowned more,

If casting off these ruinous attempts,