Which festering deep and fill’d within, at last
With sudden breach grew greater than at first.
What then for minds which have revenging moods,
And ne’er forget the cross they forced bear?
Whereto if reconcilement come, it makes
The t’one secure, whiles t’other works his will.
Atonement seld defeats, but oft defers
Revenge: beware a reconciled foe.
Arthur. Well, what avails to linger in this life,
Which fortune but reserves for greater grief?