THE SECRET OF STRENGTH

'Tis a custom with him

I' the afternoon to sleep: there thou may'st brain him,

Having first seized his books; or with a log

Batter his skull, or paunch him with a stake,

Or cut his wezand with thy knife. Remember

First to possess his books; for without them

He's but a sot, as I am, nor hath not

One spirit to command: they all do hate him

As rootedly as I. Burn but his books.

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