Although I declare my daily increase;
But then these gentlewomen will be angry,
Therefore I think best to hold my peace:
Nay, I beseech you, let the matter stay,
For I would not for twenty pounds come in their hands;
For if there should chance to be but one Dalila,
By the mass, they would bind me in Samson's bands!
But what, mean I first with them to begin,
Seeing that in all men I do remain?
Because that first I remained Eve within,