The Prince of Morocco: […] By this Symitare,That ſlew the Sophie, and a Perſian PrinceThat won three fields of Sultan Solyman,I would ore-ſtare the ſterneſt eies that looke,Out-braue the heart moſt daring on the earth:Plucke the yong ſucking Cubs from the ſhe Beare,Yea, mocke the Lion when he rors for prayTo win the Ladie. […]
c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act II, scene i], page 167, columns 1–2