Nay, why shouldst thou delay me thus with stories?

Why, then, pure seeker of the good and true, shouldst thou hope to find me, in yonder image of the divine?"

Comfort I find a stranger to my heart, Nor canst thou ought of that but thus impart; Thou shouldst with joy a death to him procure, Who by it leaves Alcippus' life secure.

Though Gallia's vaunts should fill the trembling skies, 'Till nature's undiscover'd regions start At the rude clamor;yet, shouldst thou despise, While thy brave subjects own a common heart.

men are liars, and why shouldst thou distrust?

* * * This is my vow: I will gather flowers for thee and bright garlands shall adorn thy entrance; should thy foot stumble, it will be over the wreaths which I have laid on thy threshold, and shouldst thou dream, it is the balsam of magic blossoms that intoxicates theeflowers of a strange and distant world where I am at home and not a stranger as in this book where a ravenous tiger devours the delicate image of spiritual love.

That never shouldst thou fail in love, or into coldness fall, Toward thy little Moorish maiden, who has given thee her all.

O, that thy steeds were wingd with my swift thoughts: Now shouldst thou fall in Thetis azure armes, And now would I fall in Pandoraes lap.

What shouldst thou fear in the wars?

But shouldst thou flee from him to save thy life, Think then thou art unworthy of her love,

Why shouldst thou only forbear to rejoice in this general felicity?

Why shouldst thou grieve?

But why shouldst thou imagine that such a mind as hers, meeting with such a one as mine, and, to dwell upon the word, meeting with an inclination in hers, should not propagate minds like her own?

Arb. Be thine own sad judge, a further condemnation will not need, prepare thy self to dy. Gob. Why Sir to dy? Arb. Why shouldst thou live?

Mightst, couldst, wouldst, or shouldst thou love?

asleep thou hast me brought, Who shouldst my mind to higher things prepare.

But take this counsellook well to thine aim, See, that thou hit'st the apple at the first, For, shouldst thou miss, thy head shall pay the forfeit.

But still, shouldst thou faithless prove, Thy plighted vows resigning, Leave me and seek another love, I'd bear, without repining.

Greater sins than thou canst commit have been committed by thousands far greater than thou, and these sins would plead as thy excuse, shouldst thou pursue that course which others have pursuedothers who far excel thee.

His sacred lore; Shouldst thou thy chamber seek, unseen He enters through the unopened door.

But reason saith thou shouldst the same subdue.

I vow to Fortune, Ned, thou must come to London, and be a little manag'd: 'slife, Man, shouldst thou talk so aloud in good Company, thou wouldst be counted a strange Fellow.

Therefore, shouldst thou act, renouncing Abhimana, performance of sacrifices, study (of the Vedas), gifts, penance, truth (in both speech and act), forgiveness, subduing the senses, and renunciation of desire,these have been declared to be the eight (cardinal) duties constituting the true path.

I speak unto thee, under the authority of the Vedas, which constitute the highest proof in such matters, that never shouldst thou doubt virtue!

And shouldst thou blow, 'twere no great blast; Already blood is gushing fast From both thine arms.'