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That they may seem the taints of liberty,
The flash and outbreak of a fiery mind,
A savageness in unreclaimed^{[b 1]} blood,
Of general assault.^{[b 2]}

Rey. But, my good lord,— 35

Pol. Wherefore should you do this?

Rey. Ay, my lord,
I would know that

Pol. Marry, sir, here's my drift,
And, I believe, it is a fetch of warrant;^{[a 1][b 3]}
You laying these slight sullies^{[a 2]} on my son.
As 'twere a thing a little soil'd i' the^{[a 3]} working, 40
Mark you,
Your party in converse,^{[a 4][b 4]} him you would sound,
Having ever seen in the prenominate crimes
The youth you breathe of guilty, be assured
He closes with you in this consequence;^{[b 5]} 45
"Good sir," or so, or "friend," or "gentleman,"
According to the phrase or^{[a 5]} the addition^{[b 6]}
Of man and country.

Rey. Very good, my lord.

1. 38. warrant] F, wit Q.
2. 39. sullies] F, Qq 4, 5, 6; sallies Qq 2, 3.
3. 40. i' the] F, with Q.
4. 42. converse,] Q, converse; F.
5. 47. or] Q, and F.

1. 34. unreclaimed] untamed. Clar. Press quotes Cotgrave, "Adomestiquer: To tame, reclaim, make gentle."
2. 35. of general assault] which assails youth almost universally.
3. 38. fetch of warrant] a warranted device.
4. 42. converse] "Shakespeare uses the noun only three times, and with the accent as here" (Rolfe).
5. 45. He . . . consequence] "He falls in with you into this conclusion" (Caldecott); "in thus following up your remark" (Schmidt).
6. 47. addition] title, as in I. iv. 20.