That his blood flows, or that his appetite
Is more to bread than stone.

16

5-i. 4.

My blood that hath been too cold and temperate,
Unapt to stir at these indignities,

And you have found me; for, accordingly,
You tread upon my patience; but, be sure,
I will from henceforth rather by myself,

Mighty, and to be fear'd, than my condition ;*

Which hath been smooth as oil, soft as young down,

And therefore lost that title of respect,

Which the proud soul ne'er pays, but to the proud.

17

He doth rely on none;

But carries on the stream of his dispose,
Without observance or respect of any,
In will peculiar and in self-admission.

18

18-i. 3.

26-ii. 3.

I have of late (but, wherefore, I know not), lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises: and, indeed, it goes so heavily with my disposition, that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a steril promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me, than a foul and pestilent congregation of 36-ii. 2.

vapours.

19

My love doth so approve him,

That even his stubbornness, his checks, and frowns, Have grace and favour in them.

20

Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.

21

37-iv. 3.

His years but young, but his experience old;
His head unmellow'd, but his judgment ripe;

* Disposition.

34-i. 2.

And, in a word, (for far behind his worth
Come all the praises that I now bestow,)
He is complete in feature, and in mind,
With all good grace to grace a gentleman.

22

As nearly as I may,

2-ii. 4.

I'll play the penitent to you; but mine honesty
Shall not make poor my greatness, nor my power

Work without it.*

23

His honesty rewards him in itself.

24

30-ii. 2.

27-i. 1.

"Twere a concealment

Worse than a theft, no less than a traducement,

To hide your doings; and to silence that,

Which, to the spire and top of praises vouch'd,
Would seem but modest.

28-i. 9.

25

A man,

34-iii. 2.

More sinn'd against, than sinning.

26

A well-accomplish'd youth,

Of all, that virtue love, for virtue loved :

Most power to do most harm, least knowing ill;
For he hath wit to make an ill shape good,

And shape to win grace though he had no wit.

27

8-ii. 1.

He hath so planted his honours in their eyes, and his actions in their hearts, that for their tongues to be silent, and not confess so much, were a kind of ingrateful injury; to report otherwise, were a malice, that giving itself the lie, would pluck reproof and rebuke from every ear that heard it. 28-ii. 2.

28

A sweeter and a lovelier gentleman,

* Nor my greatness work without mine honesty.

Framed in the prodigality of nature,

Young, valiant, wise, and no doubt, right royal,—
The spacious world cannot again afford.

29

24-i. 2.

His words are bonds, his oaths are oracles;
His love sincere, his thoughts immaculate;
His tears, pure messengers sent from his heart;
His heart as far from fraud, as heaven from earth.

30

2-ii. 7.

Thou hast a grim appearance, and thy face

Bears a command in't: though thy tackle's torn,
Thou show'st a noble vessel.

31

Were I a common laugher, or did use
To stale with ordinary oaths my love

To every new protester; if you know,

28-iv. 5.

That I do fawn on men, and hug them hard,
And after scandal them; then hold me dangerous.

You are yoked with a lamb,

That carries anger, as the flint bears fire;
Who, much enforced, shows a hasty spark,

And straight is cold again.

Thou mine of bounty.

34

35

His love was an eternal plant ;*

29-iv. 3.

30-iv. 6.

Whereof the root was fix'd in virtue's ground,

The leaves and fruit maintain'd with beauty's sun; Exempt from envy,† but not from disdain. 23-iii. 3.

* A perennial one.

† Malice, or hatred.

36

If I, for my opinion bleed,

Opinion shall be surgeon to my hurt,
And keep me on the side where still I am.

37

He was too good to be

21--ii. 4.

Where ill men were; and was the best of all

Amongst the rar'st of good ones.

38

A true knight;

31-v. 5.

Not yet mature, yet matchless; firm of word;
Speaking in deeds, and deedless* in his tongue;
Not soon provoked, nor, being provoked, soon calm'd:
His heart and hand both open, and both free;
For what he has, he gives, what thinks, he shows;
Yet gives he not till judgment guide his bounty,
Nor dignifies an impairt thought with breath.

39

I have been

26-iv. 5.

The book of his good acts, whence men have read
His fame unparallel'd, haply, amplified;

For I have ever verified my friends,

(Of whom he's chief,) with all the size that verity! Would without lapsing suffer: nay, sometimes, Like to a bowl upon a subtle|| ground,

I have tumbled past the throw; and in his praise
Have, almost, stamp'd the leasing. T

40

28-v. ii.

The grosser manner of these world's delights
He throws upon the gross world's baser slaves.

41

8-i. 1.

There's something in me, that reproves my fault;

But such a headstrong potent fault it is,

That it but mocks reproof.

4--iii. 4.

*No boaster.

+ Proved to.

§ Truth.

Unsuitable to his character.
Deceitful.

¶ Lie.

42

His noble hand

Did win what he did spend.

43

17-ii. 1.

*

A most incomparable man; breath'd, as it were,
To an untirable and continuate goodness. 27-i. 1.

44

I have professed me thy friend, and I confess me knit to thy deserving with cables of perdurable tough

ness.

37-i. 3.

45

He was not born to shame :

Upon his brow shame is ashamed to sit;

For 'tis a throne where honour may be crown'd
Sole monarch of the universal earth.

46

35-iii. 2.

Be'st thou sad, or merry,

The violence of either thee becomes
So does it no man else.

30--i. 5.

47

The trust I have is in mine innocence,
And therefore am I bold and resolute.

22-iv. 4.

48

The gravity and stillness of your youth

The world hath noted, and your name is great
In mouths of wisest censure.

49

He is one

The truest manner'd; such a holy witch,
That he enchants societies unto him:

Half all men's hearts are his.

50

Have you not set mine honour at the stake,

* Inured by constant practice.

37-ii. 3.

31-i. 7.