[7] Fasil was a rebel chief, and Michael the general of the royal army in Abyssinia, when Mr. Bruce visited that country. In all other respects their characters were nearly similar. They are both represented as cruel and treacherous; and even the apparently strong distinction of loyal and rebellious is in a great measure set aside, when we are informed that Fasil was an open enemy, and Michael an insolent and ambitious controller of the royal person and family. TALE XII. _’SQUIRE THOMAS_; OR, THE PRECIPITATE CHOICE. Such smiling rogues as these, Like rats, oft bite the holy cords in twain, Too intrinsicate t’ unloose---- _Lear_, Act II. Scene 2. My other self, my counsel’s consistory, My oracle, my prophet, . . . I as a child will go by thy direction. _Richard III_. Act II. Scene 2. If I do not have pity [of] her, I’m a villain; if I do not love her, I am a Jew. _Much Ado about Nothing_, Act II. Scene 3. Women are soft, mild, [pitiful and] flexible; [Thou stern,] obdurate, flinty, rough, remorseless. 3 _Henry VI_. Act I. Scene 4. He must be told of it, and he shall; the office Becomes a woman best; I’ll take it upon me; If I prove honey-mouth’d, let my tongue blister. _Winter’s Tale_, Act II. Scene 2. Disguise--I see thou art a wickedness. _Twelfth Night_, Act II. Scene 2. TALE XII. _’SQUIRE THOMAS_.