Ch. XIII. fillanimity and cowardice: but the fherris warms it, and makes it courfe from the inwards, to the parts extreme; it illuminateth the face, which, as a beacon, gives warning to all the rest of this little kingdom, man, to arm; and then the vital commoners and inland petty fpirits mufter me all to their captain, the heart; who, great, and puff'd up with this retinue, doth any deed of courage: and this valour comes of fherris. So that skill in the weapon is nothing without fack, for that fets it a-work; and learning a mere hoard of gold kept by a devil, till fack commences it, and fets it in act and use. Hereof comes it, that Prince Harry is valiant; for the cold blood he did naturally inherit of his father, he hath, like lean, steril, and bare land, manured, husbanded, and till'd, with excellent endeavour of drinking good and good store of fertil fherris, that he is become very hot and valiant. If I had a thousand fons, the first human principle I would teach them, fhould be to forfwear thin potations, and to addict themselves to fack.

Second part of Henry IV. alt. 4. fc.76

The trenchant blade, toledo trufty, For want of fighting was grown rufty, And ate into itself, for lack

Of fome body to hew and hack,

The

The peaceful fcabbard where it dwelt,
The rancor of its edge had felt:
For of the lower end two handful,
It had devoured, 'twas fo manful;
And fo much scorn'd to lurk in cafe,
As if it durft not fhew its face.

Hudibras, canto 1.

Speaking of physicians,

Le bon de cette profeffion eft, qu'il y a parmi les morts une honnêteté, une difcrétion la plus grande du monde ; jamais on n'en voit se plaindre du médicin qui l'a tué.

Le medicin malgré lui.

Admirez les bontez, admirez les tendreffes,
De ces vieux efclaves du fort.

Ils ne font jamais las d'aquérir des richesses,
Pour ceux qui fouhaitent leur mort.

Belinda. Lard, he has fo pefter'd me with flames and stuff-I think I fhan't endure the fight of a fire this twelvemonth.

Old Bachelor, alt 2. fc. 8.

To account for effects by fuch fantastical caufes, being highly ludicrous, is quite im

VOL. II.

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proper

proper in any serious compofition. Therefore the following paffage from Cowley, in his poem on the death of Sir Henry Wooton, is in a bad taste.

He did the utmost bounds of Knowledge find,
He found them not fo large as was his mind.
But, like the brave Pellæan youth, did moan,
Because that Art had no more worlds than one.
And when he faw that he through all had past,
He dy'd, left he fhould idle grow at last.

Fanciful reafoning,

Falstaff. Imbowell'd!if thou imbowel me to day, I'll give you leave to powder me, and eat me to-morrow! 'Sblood, 'twas time to counterfeit, or that hot termagant Scot had paid me fcot and lot too. Counterfeit? I lie, I am no counterfeit; to die is to be a counterfeit; for he is but the counterfeit of a man, who hath not the life of a man: but to counterfeit dying, when a man thereby liveth, is to be no counterfeit, but the true and perfect image of life, indeed.

First Part Henry IV. a&t 1, fc. 10.

Clown, And the more pity that great folk should

have countenance in this world to drown or hang themselves, more than their even Christian.

Hamlet, At 5. Sc. x.

Pedro. Will you have me, Lady?

Beatrice. No, my Lord, unless I might have another for working days. Your Grace is too costly to wear every day.

Much ado about nothing, at 2. fc. 5.

Feffica. I fhall be faved by my husband; he hath made me a Christian.

Launcelot. Truly the more to blame he; we were Christians enough before, e'en as many as could well live by one another: this making of Christians will raife the price of hogs; if we grow all to be pork-eaters, we shall not have a rafher on the coals for money.

Merchant of Venice, act 3. fc. 6.

In western clime there is a town,

To those that dwell therein well known;

Therefore there needs no more be faid here,

We unto them refer our reader:

For brevity is very good,

When w' are, or are not understood.

But Hudibras gave him a twitch,

As quick as lightning, in the breech,
Juft in the place where honour's lodg'd,
As wife philofophers have judg'd;
Because a kick in that part, more
Hurts honour, than deep wounds before.

Ibid. canto 3.

Ludicrous junction of fmall things with great, as of equal importance.

This day black omens threat the brightest fair
That e'er deferv'd a watchful fpirit's care;
Some dire disaster, or by force, or flight;

But what, or where, the fates have wrapt in night':
Whether the nymph fhall break Diana's law
Or fome frail china jar receive a flaw;

Or ftain her honour, or her new brocade;
Forget her pray'rs, or mifs a masquerade;
Or lofe her heart, or necklace, at a ball;

Or whether Heav'n has doom'd that Shock muft

fall.

Rape of the Lock, canto ii. 101.

One fpeaks the glory of the British Queen,
And one describes a charming Indian screen.

1bid. canto iii. 13.

Then