Gawin. The more you ought to tremble at his pow’r.
Mordred. The greater is my conquest, if I win.
Gawin. The more your foil, if you should hap to lose:
For Arthur’s fame and valour’s such, as you
Should rather imitate, or at the least
Envy, if hope of better fancies fail’d:
For whereas envy reigns, though it repines,
Yet doth it fear a greater than itself.
Mordred. He that envies the valour of his foe,
Detects a want of valour in himself.