SHEWING HOW THE YOUNG STUDENT FELL IN LOVE—AND HOW HE MADE THE BEST
USE OF HIS MISFORTUNE.
_Il creder, donne vaghe, è cortesia,
Quando colui che scrive o che favella,
Possa essere sospetto di bugia,
Per dir qualcosa troppo rara e bella.
Dunque chi ascolta questa istoria mea
E non la crede frottola o novella
Ma cosa vera—come ella è di fatto,
Fa che di lui mi chiami soddisfatto.
E pure che mi diate piena fede,
De la dubbiezza altrui poco mi cale._
RICCIARDETTO.
CHAPTER LIII. P. I.—p. 169.
OF THE VARIOUS WAYS OF GETTING IN LOVE. A CHAPTER CONTAINING SOME
USEFUL OBSERVATIONS, AND SOME BEAUTIFUL POETRY.
Let cavillers know, that as the Lord John answered the Queen in that
Italian Guazzo, an old, a grave discreet man is fittest to discourse
of love-matters; because he hath likely more experience, observed
more, hath a more staid judgement, can better discern, resolve,
discuss, advise, give better cautions and more solid precepts, better
inform his auditors in such a subject, and by reason of his riper
years, sooner divert.
BURTON.
CHAPTER LIV. P. I.—p. 176.
MORE CONCERNING LOVE AND MARRIAGE, AND MARRIAGE WITHOUT LOVE.
Nay Cupid, pitch thy trammel where thou please,
Thou canst not fail to catch such fish as these.
QUARLES.
CHAPTER LV. P. I.—p. 183.
THE AUTHOR'S LAST VISIT TO DONCASTER.
_Fuere quondam, hæc sed fuere;
Nunc ubi sint, rogitas? Id annos
Scire hos oportet scilicet. O bonæ
Musæ, O Lepôres—O Charites meræ!
O gaudia offuscata nullis
Litibus! O sine nube soles!_
JANUS DOUZA.
CHAPTER LVI. P. I.—p. 189.
A TRUCE WITH MELANCHOLY. GENTLEMEN SUCH AS THEY WERE IN THE YEAR OF
OUR LORD 1747. A HINT TO YOUNG LADIES CONCERNING THEIR GREAT
GRANDMOTHERS.
Fashions that are now called new,
Have been worn by more than you;
Elder times have used the same,
Though these new ones get the name.
MIDDLETON.
CHAPTER LVII. P. I.—p. 195.
AN ATTEMPT IS MADE TO REMOVE THE UNPLEASANT IMPRESSION PRODUCED UPON
THE LADIES BY THE DOCTOR'S TYE-WIG AND HIS SUIT OF SNUFF-COLOURED
DITTOS.
So full of shapes is fancy
That it alone is high fantastical.
TWELFTH NIGHT.
CHAPTER LVIII. P. I.—p. 199.
CONCERNING THE PORTRAIT OF DR. DANIEL DOVE.
The sure traveller
Though he alight sometimes still goeth on.
HERBERT.
CHAPTER LIX. P. I.—p. 204.
SHOWING WHAT THAT QUESTION WAS, WHICH WAS ANSWERED BEFORE IT WAS
ASKED.
_Chacun a son stile; le mien, comme vouz voyez, n'est pas laconique._
M^E. DE SEVIGNEˊ.
CHAPTER LX. P. I.—p. 208.
SHOWING CAUSE WHY THE QUESTION WHICH WAS NOT ASKED OUGHT TO BE
ANSWERED.
Nay in troth I talk but coarsely,
But I hold it comfortable for the understanding.
BEAUMONT and FLETCHER.
CHAPTER LXI. P. I.—p. 215.
WHEREIN THE QUESTION IS ANSWERED WHICH OUGHT TO HAVE BEEN ASKED.
_Ajutami, tu penna, et calamaio,
Ch' io hò tra mano una materia asciutta._
MATTIO FRANZESI.
CHAPTER LXII.—p. 222.
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