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Uncertain ever is the chance of arms,

No prudent warrior doth despise his foe;

Nor yet defenceless 'gainst severity

Hath nature left the weak; she gives him craft

And, willy, cunning; artful he delays,

Evades, eludes, and finally escapes.

Such arms are justified by violence.