Ill undertake to make thee Henry's queen,

To put a golden sceptre in thy hand

And set a precious crown upon thy head. (1 Hen. VI. v.

Methinks I could deal kingdoms to my friends,

3.)

And not be weary. (Tim. Ath. i. 2.)

I never gave you kingdom, called you children,
You owe me no subscription. (Lear, iii. 1.)
If by direct or by collateral hand

They find us touched, we will our kingdom give,
Our crown, our life. (Ham. iv. 5.)

In his livery

Walked crowns and coronets; realms and islands were

As plates dropped from his pocket. (Ant. Cl. v. 2.)

221. Eu hæc promissa fides est ?-Virg. Æn. vi. 346. (Is this the promise true ?-ironically.)

Is this your promise? Go to, hold your tongue.
Is this the promise that you made your mother.
Is this the promised end? (Lear, v. 3.)

(John, iv. 1.)

(Cor. iii. 1.)

222. Proteges eos in tabernaculo tuo a contradictione linguarum.—Ps. xxxi. 20. (Thou shalt defend them in thy tabernacle from the strife of tongues.)

(Quoted in Controversies of the Church.)

223. πρὶν τὸ φρονεῖν καταφρονεῖν ἐπιστάσαι. (Lit. Thou learnest how to think disdainfully before how to think sensibly.)

The character of Biron in Love's Labour Lost seems to illustrate this in some degree: "A man replete with mocks, full of comparisons and wounding flouts." The idea is further developed in Much Ado in the characters of Beatrice and Benedick :—

I wonder that you will still be talking, Signior Benedick: nobody marks you.

Bene. What, my dear Lady Disdain! are you yet living? Beat. Is it possible disdain should die, while she hath such meet food to feed it as Signior Benedick? Courtesy itself must convert to disdain, if you come in her presence. (L. L. L. i. 1.)

(See the change from disrespect and wildness to respect and dignity in H. V.; 1 H. IV. i. 4; 2 H. IV. iv. 4, 20-78; 2 H. IV. v. 4, 42-75; H. V. i. 1, 22-69.)

224. Sicut audivimus sic vidimus.-Ps. xlviii. 8.

(As we have heard, so have we seen.)

Buck.

The traitor speak.

May.

I would you had heard

Your Grace's words shall serve

(R. III. iii. 5.)

As well as I had seen and heard him speak.

Bot. The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath what my dream was. (M. N. D. iv. 1.)

not seen

There's one within,

Besides the things which we have heard and seen,

Recounts most horrid sights seen by the watch. (J. C. ii. 2.)

I go alone

Like to a lonely dragon . . . talked of more than seen.

Horatio says, 'tis but our fantasy,

(Cor. iv. 1.)

And will not let belief take hold of him

Touching this dreaded sight, twice seen of us.
Therefore I have entreated him, along

With us to watch the minutes of this night,

That, if again this apparition come,

He may approve our eyes and speak unto. (Ham. i. 1.)

How now, Horatio? What think you on't?

Before my God, I might not this believe,

Without that sensible and true avouch,

Of mine own eyes. (Ham. i. 1.)

225. Credidj propter quod locutus sum.-Ps. cxvi. 10.

(I believed and therefore spoke.)

Do you not know that I am a Roman?

We speak what we feel. (Lear, v. 3.)

What I think to say. (As You Like It, iii. 2.)

She put her tongue a little in her heart. (Oth. i. 2.)

What I think I utter it. (Cor. ii. 1.)

Her tongue will not obey her heart, nor can her heart inform

her tongue. (Ant. Cl. iii. 3.)

I speak it in the freedom of my knowledge.

I speak as my understanding instructs me. (W. T. i. 1.)

(Compare No. 5.)

226. Qui erudit derisorem sibi injuriam facit.-Prov. ix. 7. (He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame.)

(Quoted De Aug. v. 3; Spedding, iv. 428.)

He that a fool doth very wisely hit

Doth very foolishly, although he smart,

Not to seem senseless of the bob: if not

The wise man's folly is anatomised

Even by the squandering glances of the fool.

(As Y. L. ii. 5.)

He that hath a satirical vein, as he makes others afraid of his wit, so he had need to be afraid of others' memory. (Ess. Of Discourse.)

227. Super mirari cœperunt philosophari. (Upon wondering, men began to philosophise.)

How many goodly creatures are there here !

How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world,

That hath such people in't. (Temp. v.

1.)

228. Prudens celat scientiam, stultus proclamat stultitiam.-Prov. xii. 23. (The prudent man concealeth knowledge; but the fool proclaimeth his folly. The heart of' is omitted by Bacon.)

It is wisdom to conceal our meaning. (3 H. VI. iv. 7.)

Cap.

My lady wisdom, hold your tongue,

Good prudence; smatter with your gossips, go.

Nurse. May not one speak?

Cap. Peace, you mumbling fool! (Rom. Jul. iii. 5.)

Is not this a rare fellow, my lord?

He uses his folly like a stalking-horse, and under the presentation of that, he shoots his wit. (As Y. L. v. 4.)

This fellow's wise enough to play the fool,

And to do that well craves a kind of wit. . . .

Folly that is wisely shown is fit,

But wise men folly fallen quite taint their wit. (Tw. N. iii. 1.) Thou art a proclaimed fool. (Tr. Cr. ii. 1.)

229. Quærit derisor sapientiam nec invenit eam.Prov. xiv. 6. (A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not.)

I do much wonder that one man, seeing how much another man is a fool, . . . . will, after he hath laughed at such shallow follies in others, become the argument of his own scorn. (Much Ad. ii. 3.)

The only stain of his fair virtue's gloss.

Is a sharp wit match'd with too blunt a will,

Whose edge hath power to cut, whose will still wills

It should spare none that come within his power.

Such short-lived wits do wither as they grow. (L. L. L. ii. 1.) Qu. Mar. What! dost thou scorn me for my gentle counsel, And soothe the devil that I warn thee from?

O! but remember this another day,

When he shall split thy heart with sorrow. (R. III. i. 4.)

Tim. Nay, an' you begin to rail on society once, I am sworn not to give regard to you. Farewell, and come with better music. Apemantus. So thou wilt not hear me now,

Thou shalt not then; I'll lock thy heaven from thee.

O that men's ears should be

To counsel deaf, but not to flattery. (Tim. Ath. i. 2.)

(Comp. 230.)

230. Non recipit stultus verba prudentiæ nisi ea dixeris quæ sint in corde ejus.-Prov. xviii. 2, Vulgate. (A fool receiveth not the word of understanding, unless thou shalt say the things that are in his heart.)

(Quoted De Aug. vii. 2.)

They fool me to the top of my bent. (Ham. iii. 2.)

I can o'ersway him: for he loves to hear

That unicorns may be betrayed with trees.
Lions with toils, and men with flatterers;
But when I tell him he hates flatterers,
He says he does, being then most flattered.
Let me work;

For I can give his humour the true bent. (Jul. C. ii. 1.)

Bru. I do not like your faults.

Cas. A friendly eye would never see such faults.

Bru. A flatterer's would not, though they do appear as huge as high Olympus. (Jul. C. iv. 3.)

Commune with you of this, but rather follow
Our forcible instigation? Our prerogative

Calls not your counsels, but our natural goodness
Imparts this. inform yourselves

We need no more of your advice. (Wint. T. ii 2.)

(The sequel to these and many such passages enforces the moral of the text.)

(Compare No. 8.)

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231. Lucerna Dei spiraculum hominis.-Prov. xx. 27, Vulgate. (The light of God is the breath of man. ised Version: The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord.) (Quoted in the Interpretation of Nature, Spedding, iii. 220.)

Light from heaven and words from breath. (M. M. v. 1.)
The light of truth. (L. L. L. i. 1.)

Study is like the heaven's glorious sun. (Ib.)

There burns my candle out. (3 Hen. VI. ii. 6.)

God shall be my hope, my guide, and lantern to my feet.

Out brief candle! life's but a walking shadow. (Macb. v. 5.)

232. Veritatem eme et noli vendere.—Prov. xxiii. 23. (Buy the truth and sell it not.)

(Quoted Interpretation of Nature, Works, Spedding, iii. 220.) All delights are vain, but that most vain

Which with pain purchased doth inherit pain,

As painfully to pore upon a book

To seek the light of truth. (L. L. L. i. 1.)

(Compare No. 231.)