Defcription of Dover Cliff.
And dizzy 'tis to caft one's Eyes so low!
The Crows and Choughs, that wing the midway Air,
Shew scarce fo grofs as Beetles. Half way down
Hangs one that gathers Samphire; dreadful Trade!
Methinks he seems no bigger than his Head.
The Fisher-men that walk upon the Beach
Appear like Mice; and yon tall Anchoring Bark
Diminish'd to her Cock; her Cock, a Buoy
Almoft too [mall for fight. The murmuring Surge,
That on th'unnumber'd idle Pebble chafes,
Cannot be heard fo high. I'll look no more,
Left my Brain turn, and the deficient Sight
Topple down headlong.
'Tis the Curfe of Service;
Preferment goes by Letter, and Affection,
And not by old Gradation, where each second
Fago. Othello Moor of Venice.
Poor, and content, is rich, and rich enough;
But Riches finelefs, is as poor as Winter,
To him that ever fears he fhall be poor."
Eno. The Barge fhe fat in, like a burnish'd Throne Burnt on the Water; the Poop was beaten Gold,
Purple the Sails, and fo perfumed, that
The Winds were Love-fick.
With them the Oars were Silver,
Which to the Tune of Flutes kept stroke, and made
The Water, which they beat, to follow fafter,
As amorous of their Strokes. For her own Perfon,
It beggar'd all Defcription; fhe did lye
In her Pavillion, Cloth of Gold, of Tiffue,
O'er picturing that Venus, where we fee
The Fancy out-work Nature. On each fide her
Stood pretty dimpled Boys, like fmiling Cupids,
With divers-colour'd Fans, whofe Wind did feem
To glow the delicate Cheeks which they did cool,
And what they undid, did.
Agrippa. Oh rare for Antony.
Enobarbus. Her Gentlewomen, like the Nereides,
So many Mermaids tended her i' th' Eyes,
And made their bends adornings. At the Helm,,
A feeming Mermaid fteers; the filken Tackles
Swell with the Touches of thofe flower-foft Hands,
That yearly frame the Office. From the Barge-
A ftrange invifible Perfume hits the Senfe
Of the adjacent Wharfs. The City caft
Her People out upon her; and Antony,
Enthron'd i' th' Market-place, did fit alone,
Whistling to th' Air; which, but for vacancy,
Had gone to gaze on Cleopatra too,
And made a Gap in Nature.
Fortune forms our Judgments.
I fee Mens Judgments are
A Parcel of their Fortunes, and Things outward
Do draw the inward Quality after them
Mine Honefty, and I, begin to fquare;
The Loyalty well held to Fools, does make.
Our Faith meer Folly ; yet he that can endure
To follow with Allegiance a fall'n Lord,
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Do's conquer him that did his Mafter conquer,
And earns a Place i' th' Story.
Which buys Admittance, oft it doth, yea, and makes Diana's Rangers falfe themfelves, and yield up
Their Deer to th' Stand of the Stealer. And 'tis Gold Which makes the True Man kill'd, and faves the Thief Nay, fometimes hangs both Thief and True-Man: What Can it not do, and undo? Cymbeline, Cloten.
Slander.
No, 'tis Slander,
Whofe Edge is fharper than the Sword, whofe Tongue
Out-venoms all the Worms of Nile, whofe Breath
Rides on the pofting Winds, and doth belye
All Corners of the World. Kings, Queens, and States,
Maids, Matrons, nay the Secrets of the Grave,
This viperous Slander enters.
Who ever yet could found thy Bottom? Find
The Ooze, to fhew what Coast thy fuggish Care
Might eafiliest harbour in! Thou bleffed Thing.
Jove knows what Man thou might'ft have made; but ah!
Thou dy'dft, a most rare Boy, of Melancholy.
AN AM AM AN PAN
VV VV VV VN WIENE
INDEX
Authority.
Authority of a Father.
Advantage of a Medium in Fortune.
Actions Great, forgot unless continu'd.
Ambition.
Appearance, not to Chufe by it.
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