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Rh A very gentle beast, and of a good conscience.

The very best at a beast, my lord, that e’er I saw.

This lion is a very fox for his valour.

True; and a goose for his discretion,

Not so, my lord; for his valour cannot carry his discretion; and the fox carries the goose.

His discretion, I am sure, cannot carry his valour; for the goose carries not the fox. It is well: leave it to his discretion, and let us listen to the moon.

This lanthorn doth the horned moon present;

He should have worn the horns on his head.

He is no crescent, and his horns are invisible within the circumference.