11 S. X. JULY 4, 1914.]
NOTES AND QUERIES.
Flamineo. Religion ! O ! how it is com-
meddled with policy ! The first bloodshed in the
world happened about religion. III. ii.
Religion is his pretence of discontent. ' A Distaster of the Time.'
Flamineo. And I do wish ingeniously for thy
sake The dog days all year long. III. ii.
He wishes the dogge dayes would last all yeere long. ' A Sexton.'
Cornelia.. Since he paid the church-tithes
duly. V. iii.
No neighbour of his should pay his tythes duely. ' Ameere Petifogger.'
The action of the play. . . .without striving to
make nature a monster. Epilogue.
He doth not strive to make nature monstrous. ....He adds grace to the poets' labour. 'An Excellent Actor.'
Monumental Column (1613).
His rewards follow'd reason, ne'er were plac'd For ostentation. LI. 41-2.
One whose bounty is limited by reason, not ostentation. ' A Noble and Betir'd Housekeeper.'
Who found weak numbers conquer, arm'd with
right ;
Who knew his humble shadow spread no more After a victory than it did before. LI. 75-7.
Never is he knowen to slight the weakest enemy that comes arm'd against him in the hand of Justice. . . .He doth not think his body yeelds a more spreading shadowe after a victory then before. ' A Worthy Commander.'
Who knew that battles, not the gaudy show
Of ceremonies, do on Kings bestow
Rest theatres. 1,1. 90-92.
He knowes the hazards of battels, not the pompe of Ceremonies, are Souldiers best Theaters. Ibid.
Duchess of Malfi (produced before 1615).
Antonio. But a most provident council, who
dare freely
Inform him the corruption of the times .... Though some o' the court hold it presumption To instruct princes what they ought to do, 11 is a noble duty to inform them What they ought to foresee. I. i.
There is no place wherein dissembling ought to have lesso credit, than in a Princes Counsel. ' A Reverend Judge.'
Antonio. If lie laugh heartily, it is to laugh
All honesty out of fashion. I. i.
If all men we're of his minde, all honestie would bee out of fashion.' A Phantastique.'
Antonio. He never pays debts unless they be
shre\v<l t urns. I. i.
Debts hee pwnes none but shrewd turnes. ' An Intruder into Favour.'
Antonio. She throws upon a man so sweet a look
That it were able to raise one .... I. i.
Bosola. You come from painting. . . .from your scurvy face-physic. II. i.
One looke of hers is able to put all face-physick out of countenance. ' A Happy Milkmaid.'
Bosola. I would have you learn to twirl the
strings of your band with a good grace, and ....
at the end of every sentence, to hum three or
four times, or blow your nose till it smart again,
to recover your memory. II. i.
Hee hath learn't to cough, and spit, and blow his nose at every period , to recover his memory. ' A Fellow of a House.'
Ferdinand. He hath put a girdle 'bout the world
And sounded all her quicksands. III. i.
He hath, as it were, put a gird about the whole world, and sounded all her quicksands. ' A Noble and Retired Housekeeper.'
Bosola. You are
Your own chronicle too much, and grossly Flatter yourself. HI- i-
His owne mouth is the chronicle of it. ' An Intruder into Favour.'
Duchess. For know, whether I am doom'd to
live or die I can do both like a prince. III. ii.
Whether his time call him to live or die, he can do both nobly. ' A Noble Housekeeper.'
Bosola. A politician is the devil's quilted anvil ;
... .he may work in a lady's chamber. III. ii.
Hee is a' day-bed for the Divell to slumber-on. ' A Distaster of the Time.'
No place holdes him so securely as a
Ladyes Chamber. ' A lesuite.'
Delio. He hath worn gun-powder in 's hollow tooth for the tooth-ache. III. iii.
. . . .Gunpowder : if hee have worne it in his hollow tooth for the tooth-ach. ' A Roaring Boy.'
Pescara. These factions amongst great men, they
are like Foxes, when their heads are divided,
They carry fire in their tails. III. iii.
A meere Pet ifogger is one of Sampsons Foxes. ' A Meere Petifogger.'
Delio. In such a deformed silence witchea
whisper their charms. III. iii.
Hee grumbles treason : but tis in such a deformed silence, as witches raise their spirits in. ' A Divellish Usurer.'
Madman. All the college may throw their
caps at me ; I have made a soap-boiler costive
it was my masterpiece. IN', ii.
All the learned doctors may cast their caps at him. ' A Quacksalver.'
Bosola. Riot begins to sit on thy brow twenty- years sooner than on a merry milkmaid's. IV. ii.. Character of ' A Happy Milkmaid.'
