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Lastly, "Shakespearean Women" were remembered, and under the toast are
three lines as follow from the third part of _Henry VI._:--
"'Tis beauty that doth oft make women proud;
'Tis virtue that doth make them most admired;
'Tis modesty that makes them seem divine."
The programme of music is headed with a couple of lines from _Twelfth
Night_:--
"If music be the food of love, play on;
Give me excess of it."
At the foot of the card is printed "Good Night," and a quotation from
_Macbeth_, as follows:--
"At once good night:
Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once."
The toast list of a local literary society contains some happy quotations
from Shakespeare. The speakers are reminded at the commencement of the
programme, in the words from _Hamlet_, that "Brevity is the soul of wit."
The two lines under the toast of "The Prince and Princess of Wales" are
from _Pericles_:--
"As jewels lose their glory if neglected,
So princes their renown if not respected."
A line from _Richard III._:--
"Arm, fight, and conquer for England's sake."
was the motto to the toast of "The Army, Navy, and Auxiliary Forces."
Under the toast of "The Officers of the Club" are words from _Othello_:--
"We cannot all be masters."
Two good lines from the _Taming of the Shrew_ are given with the toast of
"Literature and Science":--
"My books and instruments shall be my company,
On them to look and practise by myself."
A line under the toast of "The Press" says, in the words of the _Merchant
of Venice_:--
"There are some shrewd contents in your paper."
We have seen on several menu cards:--
"A good digestion to you all, and once more
I shower a welcome on you--welcome all."
--_Henry VIII._
A more general quotation (from _Macbeth_) is:--
"Now good digestion wait on appetite,
And health on both."
The bill of fare for the Tercentenary Banquet held in 1864, at
Stratford-on-Avon, in honour of Shakespeare, is perhaps the best specimen
of cuisine literature ever produced. The following are a few of the
edibles and the quotations:--
Roast turkey:--
"Why, here comes swelling like a turkey-cock."
--_Henry V._
Roast fowls:--
"There is a fowl without a feather."
--_Comedy of Errors._
Ducks:--
"O dainty duck!"--_Midsummer Night's Dream._
Boar's head:--
"Like a full-acorned boar."--_Cymbeline._
York hams:--
"Sweet stem from York's great stock."
--_Henry VI._ (Part I.).
Tongues:--
"Silence is only commendable in a neat's tongue dried."
--_Merchant of Venice._
Mayonnaise of lamb:--
"Was never gentle lamb more mild."--_Richard II._
Braised lamb and beef:--
"What say you to a piece of beef and mustard?
A dish that I love to feed upon."
--_Taming of the Shrew._
Roast lamb:--
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