Chapter 65: LXIV

LXIV 1st Gent. Where lies the power, there let the blame lie too. 2nd Gent. Nay, power is relative; you cannot fright The coming pest with border fortresses, Or catch your carp with subtle argument. All force is twain in one: cause is not cause Unless effect be there; and action’s self Must needs contain a passive. So command Exists but with obedience. Even if Lydgate had been inclined to be quite …