A sword from one, his back against the scaffold,
Bravely defends himself; and owns aloud
He is our long lost king, found for this moment;
But, if your valours help not, lost for ever.
Two of his guards mov'd by the sense of virtue,
Are turn'd for him; and there they stand at bay,
Against a host of foes."—"Marriage A-la-mode," p. 61.
This shows Mr. Bayes to be a man of constancy, and firm to his resolution, and not to be laughed out of his own method; agreeable to what he says in the next act: "As long as I know my things are good, what care I what they say?"
"I know not what to say, or what to think!