Both Uses of
assault
in
All's Well That Ends Well, by Shakespeare
- Her matter was, she loved your son: Fortune, she said, was no goddess, that had put such difference betwixt their two estates; Love no god, that would not extend his might only where qualities were level; Diana no queen of virgins, that would suffer her poor knight surprise, without rescue in the first assault, or ransom afterward.†
Scene 1.3 *assault = attack
- Thus your own proper wisdom Brings in the champion honour on my part Against your vain assault.†
Scene 4.2
Definition:
to attack someone or something physically or verbally; or to threaten violence