"Thus my Conscience being tossed in the Waves of a scrupulous Mind, and partly Despair to have any other Issue than I had already by this Lady now my Wife, it behoved me further to consider the State of this Realm, and the Danger it stood in for lack of a Prince to succeed me."
Shakespear Illustrated
Text from <u>Shakespear Illustrated: or the Novels and Histories, on which the Plays of Shakespear are Founded, Collected and Translated from the Original Authors. With Critical Remarks. The Third and Last volume. By the Author of The Female Quixote.</u> (London: Printed for A. Millar, 1754). &lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004893348.0001.003">Link to ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;