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Defcription of Dover Cliff.

How fearful

And dizzy 'tis to caft one's Eyes fo low!

The Crows and Choughs, that wing the midway Air,
Shew fcarce 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 fmall 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.

Preferment.

'Tis the Curfe of Service;

Preferment goes by Letter, and Affection,

Edgar. Ibid.

And not by old Gradation, where each second

Stood Heir to th' first.

Fago. Othello Moor of Venice.

Content in Riches.

Poor, and content, is rich, and rich enough; But Riches fineless, is as poor as Winter,

To him that ever fears he fhall be poor.

Barge.

Fago. Ibid.

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 ftroke, and made
The Water, which they beat, to follow fafter,
As amorous of their Strokes. For her own Person,
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, whose 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-soft 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.

Antony and Cleopatra.

Fortune forms our Judgments.

I fee Mens Judgments are

A Parcel of their Fortunes, and Things outward

Do draw the inward Quality after them

To fuffer all alike.

Loyalty.

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,

Eno. Ibid.

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Do's conquer him that did his Mafter conquer,

And earns a Place i' th' Story.

Eno. Ibid.

On Gold.

'Tis Gold

Which buys Admittance, oft it doth, yea, and makes Diana's Rangers falfe themselves, 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.

Melancholy.

Oh Melancholy!

Pifanio. Ibid.

Who ever yet could found thy Bottom? Find
The Ooze, to fhew what Coast thy fluggish Care
Might eafilieft harbour in! Thou bleffed Thing.
Jove knows what Man thou might'ft have made; but ah!
Thou dy'dft, a moft rare Boy, of Melancholy.

Bellarins. Ibid.

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Uthority.

Authority of a Father.

Advantage of a Medium in Fortune.
Art.

Actions Great, forgot unless continu'd.
Ambition.

Appearance, not to Chufe by it.

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