Rosalind. We’ll have a swashing and a martial outside,
As many other mannish cowards have,
That do outface it with their semblances.
“As You Like It,” i, 2.
Compulsion.
Macbeth. They have tied me to a stake; I cannot fly,
But, bear-like, I must fight the course.
“Macbeth,” v, 5.
Gloster. I am tied to the stake, and I must stand the course.
“Lear,” iii, 7.