for worse I cannot wish thee than that with which the Lord hath afflicted thee, seeing that he hath shut up thy womb, that thou shouldst not be a mother in Israel.'

Now I am thinking if thou shouldst ever be a horse, and that horse should ever be a man, with such a temper as thine, the chance is thou wilt get some cruel beatings."

Thy father says thou shouldst become an idol to the old man's heart, as my lord is without wife or daughter.

Thou shouldst have been my Hamlet's wife."

This argues thee blest, that thou shouldst thus be the object of God's distinguishing love.

Then aloud, "Thou shouldst have been a man, 'Nita.

Thou shouldst be a free and merry ranger like us, lad, for thou art better fitted for the greenwood than for the cobblestones and gray walls of London Town."