[146] She must lie here on mere necessity.

[147] Biron. Necessity will make us all forsworn

Three thousand times within this three years’ space;

For every man with his affects is born,

150 Not by might master’d, but by special grace:

[151] If I break faith, this word shall speak for me,

I am forsworn on ‘mere necessity.’

[153] So to the laws at large I write my name: [Subscribes

And he that breaks them in the least degree

155 Stands in attainder of eternal shame: