Which from the people does to rulers grow;

Power (Fortune's sail) should not for threatenings strike,

'Tis safe by all the studied guides to go, Lest we in death, too late, the knowledge

row."

Ibid.

Oh, how they cast to sink it! and defeated, (Soul-sick with poison) strike the monu

ments

Where noble names lie sleeping, till they sweat,

And the cold marble melt."—Ibid. p. 135.
"I HOLD a spleen, no sin of malice,
And may, with man enough, be best for-
gotten."-Ibid. Scornful Lady, p. 347.
" AND when

I light upon (such worthies)
Crowned with still flourishing leaves of
truth and goodness,
With such a feeling I peruse their fortunes
As if I then had lived."

F. Elder Brother, p. 110.

“He has made his study all his pleasure, And is retired into his contemplation, Not meddling with the dirt and chaff of nature,

That makes the spirit of the mind mud too." Ibid. p. 115.

"He has been at court, and learned new tongues,

To

And, now to speak a tedious piece of nothing,
vary his face as seamen do their compass,
To worship images of gold and silver,
And fall before the she-calves of the season."

Ibid.

แ - UNBAKED poetry,

Such as the dablers of our time contrive, That has no weight nor wheel to move the mind,

Nor indeed nothing but an empty sound." Ibid. p. 121.

"SUCH a one-shews his thoughts double, Making 'em only food for his repentance." BEAUMONT and FLETCHER. Wit without Money, p. 282. "NOTHING to lose but that my soul inherits, Which they can neither law nor claw away." Ibid. p. 292.

"THAT daily thrust their hazards;

lives through

Nor comfort, but in tears."

Ibid. Thierry and Theodoret, p. 124. "WOULD

It could as soon be buried to the world

"AND can it be that this most perfect crea

ture,

This image of his maker, well-squared man, Should leave the handfast' that he had of

grace?"-Ibid. Woman Hater, p. 239. "He that intends well, yet deprives himself Of means to put his good thoughts into deed, Deceives his purpose of the due reward That goodness merits."

Ibid. Honest Man's Fortune, p. 377.

"Dost know what 'tis to die?

-Thou dost not, And therefore not what 'tis to live; to die Is to begin to live. It is to end An old, stale, weary work, and to commence A newer and a better. 'Tis to leave Deceitful knaves for the society Of gods and goodness."

Ibid. Triumph of Honour, p. 491.

Flatterers.

"THESE very slaves shall when these great

beasts die

Publish their bowels to the vulgar eye."
Ibid. Triumph of Love, p. 518.

i. e. the hold. On the technical sense of "handfast," and "handfastning." See Tonn's Johnson, in v. J. W. W.