I am no hero, Gretchen, in myself—

A plain, rude man, with just so much of sense

As to go gladly two leagues round about

To save a broken crown; who loves not blood—

Unless, indeed, it be his own, and that

He loves too well to lose it willingly!

So, cousin Gretchen,

If there be aught of valour in my deeds,

The merit of it is thine own, not mine.

Gret. Mine, Gottfried? mine?