And leave the world for me to bustle in! For then I'll marry Warwick's youngest daughter:

What though I kill'd her husband, and her father?

The readiest way to make the wench amends,

Is to become her husband, and her father:
The which will I; not all so much for love,
As for another secret close intent,
By marrying her, which I must reach unto.
But yet I run before my horse to market:
Clarence still breathes; Edward still lives,
and reigns;

When they are gone, then must I count my
gains.
R. III., I: 1. 1003.

Is Clarence, Henry, and his son young Edward,

And all the unlook'd-for issue of their bodies,

To take their rooms, ere I can place myself:
A cold premeditation for my purpose!
Why, then I do but dream on sovereignty;
Like one that stands upon a promontory,
And spies a far-off shore where he would
tread,

Wishing his foot were equal with his eye; And chides the sea that sunders him from thence,

Saying he'll lade it dry to have his way:
So do I wish the crown, being so far off;
And so I chide the means that keep me from
it;

And so I say - I'll cut the causes off,
Flattering me with impossibilities.

H. VI., 3 pt., III: 2. 974.

- Wicked and Desperate. Glo.

And yet I know not how to get the crown, For many lives stand between me and home: And I, like one lost in a thorny wood, That rents the thorns, and is rent with the thorns;

- Woman's, Rebuked.

Glo. Nay, Eleanor, then must I chide outright:

Presumptuous dame, ill-nurtur'd Eleanor!
Art thou not second woman in the realm;
And the protector's wife, belov'd of him?
Hast thou not worldly pleasure at command,
Above the reach or compass of thy thought?
And wilt thou still be hammering treachery,
To tumble down thy husband and thyself,
From top of honour to disgrace's feet?
Away from me, and let me hear no more.
H. VI., 2 pt., I: 2. 910.

Woman's, Resistless.

Duch. Yes, good my lord, I'll follow presently.

Follow I must, I cannot go before,

While Gloster bears this base and humble mind.

Were I a man, a duke, and next of blood, I would remove these tedious stumblingblocks,

And smooth my way upon their headless necks:

And, being a woman, I will not be slack
To play my part in fortune's pageant.

H. VI., 2 pt., I: 2. 910. Woman's, Stronger than Man's. Duch. Why droops my lord, like over

ripen'd corn,

Hanging the head at Ceres' plenteous load? Why doth the great duke Humphrey knit

his brows,

As frowning at the favours of the world?
Why are thine eyes fix'd to the sullen earth,
Gazing on that which seems to dim thy sight?
What see'st thou there? king Henry's
diadem,

Enchas'd with all the honours of the world?
If so, gaze on, and grovel on thy face,
Until thy head be circled with the same.
Put forth thy hand, reach at the glorious
gold:-

What, is 't too short? I'll lengthen it with mine:

And, having both together heav'd it up,
We'll both together lift our heads to heaven;
And never more abase our sight so low,
As to vouchsafe one glance unto the ground.
H. VI., 2 pt., I: 2. 910.

AMEN.-Prompt.

Solan. Let me say amen betimes, lest the devil cross my prayer; for here he comes in the likeness of a Jew.

M. V., III: 1. 375.

AMENITIES.—International.

Cam. Sicilia cannot show himself overkind to Bohemia. They were train'd together in their childhoods; and there rooted betwixt them then such an affection which cannot choose but branch now. Since their more mature dignities, and royal necessities, made separation of their society, their encounters, though not personal, have been royally attorneyed, with interchange of gifts, letters, loving embassies; that they have seem'd to be together, though absent; shook hands, as over a vast; and embrac'd, as it were, from the ends of opposed winds. The Heavens continue their loves!

And-after conflict, such as was suppos'd The wandering prince of Dido once enjoy'd, When with a happy storm they were surpriz'd,

And curtain'd with a counsel-keeping cave,We may, each wreathed in the other's arms, Our pastimes done, possess a golden slumber;

While hounds, and horns, and sweet melodious birds,

Be unto us, as is a nurse's song
Of lullaby, to bring her babe asleep.

Tit. And., II: 3. 1209. AMUSEMENT.-Lengthens Life.

Poins. "John Falstaff, knight,' Every man must know that, as oft as he has occasion to name himself. Even like those that are kin to the king; for they never prick their finger, but they say, "There is some of the king's blood spilt: How comes that?" says he, that takes upon him not to conceive the answer is as ready as a borrower's cap; "I am the king's poor cousin, sir."

P. Ien. Nay, they will be kin to us, or they will fetch it from Japhet. But the letter:

Poins. "Sir John Falstaff, knight, to the son of the king, nearest his father, Harry prince of Wales, greeting." - Why, this is a certificate.

H. IV., 2 pt., II: 2. 783.

ANDIRONS.-Imogen's.

Iach. * * Her andirons

(I had forgot them) were two winged Cupids Of silver, each on one foot standing, nicely Depending on their brands.

C., IV: 2. 1179.

Cæsar must think, When one so great begins to rage, he 's hunted

Even to falling. Give him no breath, but

now

What 't is you go about: To climb steep hills,

Requires slow pace at first.

Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it do singe yourself: We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running. Know you not,
The fire, that mounts the liquor till it run
o'er,

In seeming to augment it, wastes it? Be advis'd:

I say again, there is no English soul
More stronger to direct you than yourself;
If with the sap of reason you would quench,
Or but allay, the fire of passion.

J. C., IV: 3. 1345.

-Soft, but Powerful. Bel. * * They are as gentle As zephyrs, blowing below the violet, Not wagging his sweet head and yet as rough,

Their royal blood enchaf'd, as the rud'st

wind,

That by the top doth take the mountain pine,

And make him stoop to the vale.