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Philip of Macedon, not the father of Alexander the Great, but he that was vanquished by Titus Quintius, had not much State in regard of the greatnesse of the Romanes and of Greece that assail'd him; neverthelesse in that he was a warlike man and knew how to entertaine the people, and assure himself of the Nobles, for many yeares he made the warre good against them: and though at last some town perhaps were taken from him, yet the Kingdome remaind in his hands still.
But in these times a man should stand alone: to make a friend is to run the chance of a soft heart: to marry a wife makes the chance sure " He broke off, and went on again with a change of tone "For many reasons I would blithely issue this warrant. But how am I to spare men to carry it out? At any moment we may be assail'd." "If that be your concern, sir," answer'd I, "give me the warrant.
Young boys are generally flattered by the condescending notice of grown-up women; and perhaps Shakspeare's own lines upon a similar situation, to a young boy adorned with the same natural gifts as himself, may give us the key to the result: "Gentle thou art, and therefore to be won; Beauteous thou art, therefore to be assail'd; And, when a woman woos, what woman's son Will sourly leave her till he have prevail'd?"
The sun was radiantly bright by now and the ice beginning to melt off from twigs and wires; the red carpet-bag flamed forth more emphatically than ever, and presently the two men were not more than a few paces apart. "Stripp'd as I am of all the golden fruit Of self-esteem; and by the cutting blasts Of self-reproach familiarly assail'd."
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