1000000031

849 / 868

w T 944 w T
As ueiog 10th to wear it out;
And th~refore bore it n Ol abou!,
U olefs on holid)tYs, or fo,
As men their bdl apparel do.
Hudibr.1J, conto 1 .
Wit is of 311 the mon eleg:\nt recreation: lhe image en~
ten the mind wuh gaiety. ¡nll Cives a fuuden fl..fu which
i9 extremc:ly pleafant. "Vil thereby gently devales with·
out IIraining. raí Ces mirth without dilfolutenefs, and> relaxes
while ir entl!rt: ,
Vlit in the ex preffion. commonly c¡l!ed tI pltJji of'WlJrdl,
being a ron of wit, is refcr..ed for the Ja't place.
'Ve procced ' o examples of wi, iD ,he thoughr; and fi rll of
Judicrou" images.
F alíl. fF, fpeaki"g of bis taking Sir J ohn Colevile'of ,he
Dale:
H ere he is. and here L yield him; and 1 befe,ch your
G rac<", let ir be book'd with lhe ren of lhis day's dct:ds;
or, b;- the L ord , 1 will nave it in a pan icula r bailad
('1 fe, with mine own pitture 0 0 lhe rup of ir, Coltvilc
kiffing my fOOI : to the which COUf re if [ be eoforccd, if
you do not al! fhew gilr twopences ro me ; and 1, in
the clear fk y of fame~ o'erf'hine you as much as the full
moon doth the ciodel' of lhe elemeot~ which fhew like
pins' heads tO her : believe not the word of tbe noble.
T bere(ore l~t me have r;ghr, and Jet deCen mOllnt .
S<cond Parl. H_nrJ IV a{} 4. fe. 6.
I knew, when feven juftices could 00 1 tak(: up 3 quar.
rel, but when lhe partles were met rhemCelves, one of
Ihem them thought b UI of 3n if; as, if you had faid fo,
lhen1 CAid Ca; and they Chook hands, and fwore brothers.
You ~ if is the only peace-maker; much vinue is in ir
Shak'/p,ar.
For there ís Dat through all nature anotRer fo callaus
and iofcnGble a member as lhe world's pollcriors, wha·
lher you apply to it lhe toe or the hirch.
Prifau 1, a ral, of a r uh.
The Other branch of \Vil j~ the thcughr, viz . ludicrou s
combinations and oppoGtiOn~1 may be tr'leed through varioa s
ramificarians . And . Forll. f;:¡nctfu l canfes itfTigned that halJe
no natural rela:ion ro the dfeéts prod\lced :
L IncaJlu . Fare you weU, FAIfI afF; 1. in my condítion,
Sh, 1I be" er fp"k of you ,hao 10U defe rve. [ Exil .
F.dfJaff. 1 \YoulJ you hild bUl the wit ; ~twere bet1er
,han yllur dukedom. Good faith, this (ame young fo–
ber.bloodcd boy doth not love me ; nor tl m.1O C:innot
make him lauóh; but th;u 's no marvrJ, he drink, no
u·ioe. There's neve r any of lhefe demure boys come tO
2ny proof; for thln drink doth fa overcool their blood,
and nltll:ing milny 601 -meals, that lh~y faJl into a kind
of maJe greco rickncf,; and Ihen, when they malry, they
• gel wenchcs. T hey are generally fools tlnd cowards ;
which Come of us fhould be too. bm for inAilrnmation .
A goo:t fh erri!;-fack halh a twofold opention in it : it il–
fcentb me ioto lhe: brain ; dríes me there aH lhe: foollffi,
duH, and crudy n pours which environ it ; m~ke: il ap'
prehenfi \'c, qu,ck, forgetive rull of nímble, fiery, and
ueltét "ble On pcs ; which dehvcred o'er to the voice, Ihe
tongue. which is the hinh, becomes exccllent \Vit. Pflle
fecond pruperry of your cxcellent fherris ¡s, rhe warnlln,::
or the I'¡ooo; wl ich bcfNc coll ao I fettlcd, leh (he:
Jiver whitc aod p. le ; \'fhich i. ,he baoge of pulillJnI",icy
and co\Vardice : but lhe fucrris warms ir, t od makes' ir
courfe from the inwards tO the parts ext rcm.: ; it ¡lIu–
min.Hcth the fé4ce. whieh, as a beacon, gives warning to
al! (he rea of lhis little kingdom. m<ln, to arm ; and
• Ihen the vital commoncrs and ¡nlimd petty fpirits mu(tcr
me aJl ( O their ctlptain, (he heart; who, grcat. and
puff'd up with this rctlnue, doth 3ny decd of colOra!!e :'"
and thus valour comes of Chcrris. So that {kili in lhe
w('~pon i, nothing wilhout fack, fo r that COtS it a-work ;
and Jcarning a mere hoard of gold kep' by a deoil, dll
fack commrnce9 it, and ft:ts It In '.él and ufe. HereoP
comes it that Prince H,ury is v;(!tant; for (he coId bJood
he did naturally inherit of his falher, he hilth, like lean.
flcl il, and bare laad, manured, hufbanded, and t¡II'do
with excelJent endeavour of drinking good and good llore
of fen ile Iherris, that he is be"Comt: very hot aDd valiant.
lf 1 had a choufand fons, the fi rll human principie 1
\Vould teach theOl; fhould be to forfwear thin potatíon,.
and 10 addl& ,hemfel ves ' o
S,,'olld Pul of Henry IV. a{} 4' fe· 7.
T he v enchant toledo «uOy, -.
Fo r ~ant of fighling W:lS grown runy,
And ate ;nlO i,felf, for Jack
O ffome body 10 hcw and hack.
T he peaceful fcabbard·",here i, dwel,
The raneor of its edge had feh :
Far of tht: lower ead nyo bandful
It had devoured, t 'was ro manrul;
And fo much fcorn'J tO lurk in C:.LCc,
As if i, durO oot Ihew ilS face .
H udil)/(lI. can/o t .
To account for efTeéts by fiJch fantalllcal Cd.u C~s, being
highly JUQicrous, is quite improper io any renous compofi.
tion. T herefore the rollowing pa(fage frorJ Cowley, 10 tU,
poem on ,he dea,h of Sir H eory \'1oo,on, is io a bad ..Ite.
He did ,he u,moll bound. of knowledge find,
He theOl not fo large as was tl1S mind.
Bu" like ,he brave Pellxan you,h. did moan,
BecauCe that aH had no more worlds than one.
And wheo he faw ,h:1< he ,hrough all had pall,
He dy'd, lell he Ihould idl. grow .. Jall .
Fancíful reafooing :
Falj/a¡¡: Imbowell'd !--if ,hou imbo"el me 'o day,
1'11 give you leave tO powder me, and eat me toomorrow!
S'blood, ' t\Vas time to countcrCeit, oc th:u bot terma–
gant SCOt had paid me rCOl and Jat too. Countcrfcit?
1 lie. 1 am no couOIerfen : to die is to be ¡ counterfeic ;
for he is but lhe countcrfeit oraman, who halh n Ol lhe
Jire of a m;tn ; but tO counterfeit dying, when a man
thereby liveth, is to be no countcrfeit, but lhe true and
perfeél image of !ire ind~ed.
Firjl Parl H,nrJ IV. aO [. ft. 10 .
Clown. And che more pi,y ,h.. g"" fol , flloul d have
cou ntcnancc In this worlJ tO dro",n or h. ng themrclves,
more th30 thelr e\'ea Chriflian, .
H .lIIl,I, aa 5· fe· 2 .
P Jro. \Vdl you ha« me. Lady?
R~"I, ia. No, my Lord, unlf Cs I might hav: aamhor
fo r worklng dilys. Your Crace tS tuO C\)tl!y to \Vear (–
vtry da)'.
Jll u<!h ado ab,UI nelhing, .1.'1 2. (C. 5·