persons, to make modern and familiar, things supernatural and causeless. Hence it is that we make trifles of errors, ensconing ourselves into seeming knowledge, when we should submit ourselves to an unknown fear."

Par.: "Why this is the rarest wonder, that hath shot out in our latter times."

Ber.: "And so 'tis."

Laf.: "To be relinquished of Galen and Paracelsus.

all the learned and authentic fellows."-All's Well ii. 3.

SEA, Power by.

Of

"To be master of the sea, is an abridgment of monarchy. He that commands the sea is at great liberty, and may take as much and as little of the war as he will; whereas those that be strongest by land are many times in great straits. Surely at this day with us of Europe, the advantage of strength at sea (which is one of the principal dowries of this Kingdom of Great Britain) is great; both because most of the Kingdoms of Europe are not merely inland, but girt with the sea most part of their compass; and because the wealth and treasures of both Indies seem in great part but an accessory to the command of the sea."-De Aug. viii. 3.

‘. . . that pale, but white-faced shore . . .
(Which) coops from other lands her islanders,
that England, hedg'd in with the main,
And confident from foreign purposes."

-John ii. 1.

"My sovereign with the loving citizens,
Like to his island girt in by the sea," &c.

-3 Hen. VI. iv. 8.

"Sextus Pompeius

Hath given the dare to Cæsar, and commands
The Empire of the sea."-Ant. Cl. i. 2.

"Pompey is strong at sea."

-Ant. Cl. i. 4.

"Of us must Pompey frequently be sought

by sea

He's an absolute master."-Ant. Cl. ii. 2.

See how Pompey's success is largely attributed to his mastery at sea, and Cæsar's failure to his weakness in that respect:

"Our fortune on the sea is out of breath,

And sinks most lamentably."

SECURITY Perilous.

-Ant. Cl. iii. 8.

My meaning was plain and simple, that his lordship might, through his great fortune, be less apt to cast, and foresee the unfaithfulness of friends, and malignity of enviers and accidents of times. Guicciardini maketh the same judgment, not of a particular person but of the wisest State of Europe, the Senate of Venice, when he saith-their prosperity had made them secure, and underweighers of perils."-To the King, Aug. 31, 1617.

The

"All know security

Is mortal's chiefest enemy."

-Macb. iii. 5.

"The wound of peace is surety,

Surety secure.-Tr. Cr. ii. 2.

You . . . quite forego

way which promises assurance, and
Give up yourself merely to chance and hazard,
From firm security," &c.-See Ant. Cl. iii. 7.

"Your wisdom is consumed in confidence."

-See Jul. Cæs. ii. 2.

See also of "the confident and over-lusty French" (Hen. V. iv. Chorus), and of the valiant ignorance and boyish confidence of Coriolanus' followers (Cor. iv. 6, 93-96, 103-107). A quibbling passage on Security is in 2 Hen. IV. i. 2, 30–50.

SEEMING Outward Forms and Marks.

"He that is only real, had need have exceeding great parts of virtue as the stone had need to be rich that is set without foil. . It doth add much to a man's

reputation to have good forms."-Ess. lii.

"So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceiv'd with ornament:
In Law what plea so tainted and corrupt,
But, being seasoned by a gracious voice,
Obscures the show of evil? In religion
What damned error, but some sober brow
Will bless it, and approve it with a text,
Hiding the grossness with fair ornament ?
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts."

SILENCE-Its Advantages.

--Mer. Ven. iii. 2.

(Comp. Upon question whether a man show speak or forbear speech.-Promus 1148).

"Silence gives to words both grace and authority.”— De Aug. vi. 3 (Antitheta).

My gracious silence, hail!"-Cor. ii. 1.

(See M. Ado ii. 1, 299; Cymb. v. 29.) "Your silence, cunning in dumbness from my weakness, draws my very soul of counsel."-Tr. Cr. iii. 2.

"Silence is the sleep which nourishes wisdom. Silence is the style of wisdom. Silence nourishes thought.". De Aug. vi. 3.

"Silence is the best commendation."

[Praise of the Queen.]

"Silence is only commendable in a neat's tongue," &c.

SILENCE-Its Disadvantages.

-Mer. Ven. i. 1.

"He that is silent betrays want of confidence either in others or in himself.

"All kinds of constraint are unhappy: that of silence is the most miserable of all.

"Silence is the virtue of a fool; and therefore it was well said to a man that would not speak, If you are wise, you are a fool; if you are a fool, you are wise.'". De Aug. vi. 3 (Antitheta).

"Great lords and gentlemen, what means this silence?
Dare no man answer in a case of truth?"

-See 1 Hen. VI. ii. 4, 1—5, 25, 26.

"Her silence flouts me."

-Tam. Sh. ii. 1.

"My heart is great; but it must break with silence
Ere it be disburdened with a liberal tongue."

—Rich. II. ii. 2, i. 3, 253—257, iv. 2,

[291-303; Tw. N. ii. 5 (vers. 110, 111).

"My thoughts are, like unbridled children grown,
Too headstrong for their mother. See, we fools!
Why have I blabbed? Who will be true to us
When we are so unsecret to ourselves?"

Dio. :

-See Tr. Cr. iii. 2, 120-150.

"Let your mind be coupled with your words Cress.:

"What would you have me do?

Ther. :

"A juggling trick-to be secretly open."

-Tr. Cr. v. 2.

(It is noticeable that most of the personages in the Plays who speak indiscreetly, or "blab," are women. This is in accordance with the entry (Promus 526): "There's no trusting a woman or a tapp."

SILENCE in Matters of Secrecy.

"The silent man hears everything, for everything can be safely communicated. The silent man has nothing told him, because he gives nothing in exchange.' De Aug. vi. 3 (Antitheta).

"Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment."

"How his silence drinks up this applause!"

-Ham. i. 3.

-Tr. Cr. ii. 3.

"Be thou his eunuch, and your mute I'll be,
When my tongue blabs then let mine eyes not see."

-Twelfth Night i. 2.

"The business asketh silent secrecy."

-2 Hen. VI. i. 2, ii. 2, 68.

SLOTH-As Briers and Thorns.

"The way of the slothful is as a hedge of thorns."— Prov. xv. 19.

"He who is sluggish, and defers everything to the last moment of execution, must needs walk every step, as it were, midst briers and thorns, which must catch and stop him."-De Aug. viii. 1.

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