For a flying foe Discreet and provident conquerors build up A bridge of gold. _Guardian_, IV., 1, 99: O dear madam, We are all the balls of time, toss’d to and fro, From the plough unto the throne, and back again; Under the swing of destiny mankind suffers. (_Cf._ _Plautus’ Captivi_, Prologue, 22, “Enimvero di nos quasi pilas homines habent;” _Pericles_, II., 1, 63; and _The Duchess of Malfi_, p. 99_a_; _Parliament of Bees_, char, vii.) _Bashful Lover_, IV., 1, 69: Fortune rules all; We are her tennis-balls. (_Cf._ also Greg’s _Henslowe Papers_, p. 143.) _Bashful Lover_, III., 2, 3: A diamond, Though set in horn, is still a diamond And sparkles, as in purest gold. _Very Woman_, IV., 1, 90: Revenge, that thirsty dropsy of our souls, Which makes us covet that which hurts us most, Is not alone sweet, but partakes of tartness. _Duke of Milan_, I., 1, 60: Dangers that we see To threaten ruin, are with ease prevented; But those strike deadly that come unexpected. _Great Duke of Florence_, III., 1, 138: Love Steals sometimes through the ear into the heart, As well as by the eye. _Picture_, II., 1, 79: Ill news, madam, Are swallow-wing’d, but what’s good walks on crutches. _Virgin Martyr_, IV., 1, 103: Pleasures forc’d Are unripe apples; sour, not worth the plucking. _A New Way_, IV., 1, 187: Though I must grant Riches, well-got, to be a useful servant, But a bad master. _Bondman_, I., 3, 100: He that would govern others, first should be The master of himself, richly endu’d With depth of understanding, height of courage, And those remarkable graces which I dare not Ascribe unto myself. _Bondman_, III., 1, 6: But turbulent spirits, raised beyond themselves With ease, are not so soon laid; they oft prove Dangerous to him that call’d them up. _ 196 Hours in a Library_, i., p. 167. _ 197 Poetics_, 1460_b_, 4. _ 198 Cf._ Appendix VI. and the discussion in Robert Bridges’ _Milton_, Appendix D, pp. 56-57. The same thing is found again and again in Shirley’s _Lady of Pleasure_. 199 For a rhymed passage _cf._ _A Very Woman_, IV., 1, 141-152.