My son—and what's a son? A thing begot
Within a pair of minutes, thereabout,
A lump bred up in darkness.


The Spanish Tragedy (1592) act 3, sc. 11, The Third Addition (1602 ed.) l. 5


My son—and what's a son? A thing begot Within a pair of minutes, thereabout, A lump bred up in darkness.

My son—and what's a son? A thing begot Within a pair of minutes, thereabout, A lump bred up in darkness.

My son—and what's a son? A thing begot Within a pair of minutes, thereabout, A lump bred up in darkness.

My son—and what's a son? A thing begot Within a pair of minutes, thereabout, A lump bred up in darkness.