The mother to a hopeful prince, here standing
To [prate] and talk for life and honour 'fore
Who please to come and hear. For life, I prize it
As I weigh [grief], [which I would spare]: for honour,
'Tis a derivative from me to mine,
And only that I stand for. I appeal
To your own conscience, sir, before Polixenes
Came to your court, how I was in your grace,
How merited to be so; since he came,
With what encounter so uncurrent I