[214] themselves, they may pass for excellent men. Here come
[215] two noble beasts in a man and a lion.
Enter Lion and Moonshine.
Lion. You, ladies, you, whose gentle hearts do fear
The smallest monstrous mouse that creeps on floor,
May now perchance both quake and tremble here,
When lion rough in wildest rage doth roar.
[220] Then know that I, one Snug the joiner, am
[221] A lion-fell, nor else no lion’s dam;
For, if I should as lion come in strife