Again, in "Euphues and his England," 1582, p. 24: "For as they that angle for the tortoys, having once caught him, are driven into such a _lythernesse_, that they loose all their spirites, being benummed so," &c. Of the latter, the following will serve as a proof (Erasmus's "Praise of Folie," Chaloner's translation, 1549, sig. F 2): "Or at lest hyre some younge Phaon for mede to dooe the thyng, still daube theyr _lither_ chekes with peintyng," &c. [311] [An apparent reference to the story told in one of the early jest-books of a fellow who was led to execution, and who, when on the gallows, instead of a neck-verse, cried out, "Have at you daisy that grows yonder!" and leapt off the ladder. See "Pasquil's Jests," 1604, repr. Hazlitt, p. 48.] [312] For the love of God, of heaven, or anything sacred, are adjurations frequently used at this day, and appear likewise to have been so at the time this play was written. From the indiscriminate use of them, it became customary on very earnest occasions to request _of all loves_, or _for all the loves on earth_. Of these modes of expression, Mr Steevens hath produced the following examples: "Conjuring his wife _of all loves_ to prepare cheer fitting."--"Honest Whore," part 1. "Desire him _of all loves_ to come over quickly." --Plautus's _Menæchmi_, 1595. "I pray thee _for all loves_ be thou my mynde sens I am thyne." --_Acolastus_, 1540. "Mrs Arden desired him _of all loves_ to come back againe."--Holinshed's _Chronicle_, p. 1064.--"Notes on Shakspeare," vol. i., p. 279. Again-- "Speak _of all loves_." --_Midsummer Night's Dream_, act. ii., sc. 3. [313] Securely or certainly. So in Chaucer's "Troilus and Cressida," Book iii., l. 833-- "The drede of lesing makith him, that he May in no parfite _sikernesse_ ybe." THE TRIAL OF TREASURE _EDITION._ _A New and Mery Enterlude called the Triall of Treasure, newly set foorth, and neuer before this tyme imprinted._ THE NAMES OF THE PLAYERS. First, STURDINESS, CONTENTATION, VISITATION, TIME. The Second, LUST, SAPIENCE, CONSOLATION. The Third, the PREFACE, JUST, PLEASURE, GREEDY-GUT. The Fourth, ELATION; TRUST, a Woman; and TREASURE, a Woman. The Fifth, INCLINATION, the Vice. * * * * * Imprinted at Londǒ in Paules Churcheyarde, at the signe of the Lucrece, by Thomas Purfoote. 1567. 4º. Black letter. MR HALLIWELL'S PREFACE.[314]