CHAPTER CXCIV.—p. 289.
A MUSIC LESSON FROM MASTER THOMAS MACE TO BE PLAYED BY LADY FAIR:—A
STORY, THAN WHICH THERE IS NONE PRETTIER IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC.
What shall I say? Or shall I say no more?
I must go on! I'm brim-full, running o'er.
But yet I'll hold, because I judge ye wise;
And few words unto such may well suffice.
But much—much more than this I could declare;
Yet for some certain reasons I'll forbear.
But less than this I could not say; because,
If saying less, I should neglect my cause,
For 'tis the Doctor's cause I plead so strong for,
And 'tis his cause compleated that I long for,
And 'tis true doctrine certainly I preach,
And 'tis that doctrine every priest should teach.
THOMAS MACE, TO ALL DIVINE READERS.
CHAPTER CXCV.—p. 300.
ANOTHER LESSON WITH THE STORY AND MANNER OF ITS PRODUCTION.
_Οὐδεὶς ἐρεῖ ποθ᾽, ὡς ὑπόβλητον λόγον,
———ἔλεξας, ἀλλὰ τῆς σαυτῦ φρενός._
SOPHOCLES.
CHAPTER CXCVI.—p. 305.
FURTHER ACCOUNT OF MASTER THOMAS MACE,—HIS LIGHT HEART, HIS SORROWS,
AND HIS POVERTY,—POORLY, POOR MAN, HE LIVED, POORLY, POOR MAN, HE
DIED—PHINEAS FLETCHER.
The sweet and the sour,
The nettle and the flower,
The thorn and the rose,
This garland compose.
SMALL GARLAND OF PIOUS AND GODLY SONGS.
CHAPTER CXCVII.—p. 322.
QUESTION PROPOSED, WHETHER A MAN BE MAGNIFIED OR MINIFIED BY
CONSIDERING HIMSELF UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE HEAVENLY BODIES, AND
ANSWERED WITH LEARNING AND DISCRETION.
I find by experience that Writing is like Building, wherein the
undertaker, to supply some defect, or serve some convenience which at
first he foresaw not, is usually forced to exceed his first model and
proposal, and many times to double the charge and expence of it.
DR. JOHN SCOTT.
CHAPTER CXCVIII.—p. 335.
PETER HOPKINS' VIEWS OF ASTROLOGY. HIS SKILL IN CHIROMANCY, PALMISTRY,
OR MANUAL DIVINATION WISELY TEMPERED.—SPANISH PROVERB AND SONNET BY
BARTOLOME LEONARDO DE ARGENSOLA.—TIPPOO SULTAN.—MAHOMETAN
SUPERSTITION.—W. Y. PLAYTES' PROSPECTUS FOR THE HORN BOOK FOR THE
REMEMBRANCE OF THE SIGNS OF SALVATION.
_Seguite dunque con la mente lieta,
Seguite, Monsignor, che com' io dico,
Presto presto sarete in su la meta._
LUDOVICO DOLCE.
CHAPTER CXCIX.—p. 347.
CONCERNING THE GREAT HONOURS TO WHICH CERTAIN HORSES HAVE ATTAINED,
AND THE ROYAL MERITS OF NOBS.
_Siento para contarlas que me llama
El á mi, yo á mi pluma, ella á la fama._
BALBUENA.
CHAPTER CC.—p. 355.
A CHAPTER OF KINGS.
FIMBUL-FAMBI _heitr
Sá er fatt kann segia,
That er ósnotvrs athal._
_Fimbul-fambi (fatuus) vocatur
Qui pauca novit narrare:
Ea est hominis insciti proprietas._
EDDA, _Háva Mál._
INTERCHAPTER XXI.—p. 372.
MEASURE FOR MEASURE.
_Le Plebe è bestia
Di cento teste, e non rinchiude in loro
Pur oncia di saper._
CHIABRERA.
INTERCHAPTER XXII.—p. 378.
VARIETY OF STILES.
_Qualis vir, talis oratio._
ERASMI ADAGIA.
INTERCHAPTER XXIII.—p. 383.
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