the Shrew.] 1738. THOUGHT. Thought runs before Action. 1739. PLAY-a good recommends itself. A good Play needs no Epilogue. [dation. 1740. but may be served by other recommenGood Plays prove the better by the help of good Epilogues. 1741. JUDGEMENT and TASTE-want of them in others how discouraging. When a man's verses cannot be understood, nor a man's good wit seconded by the understanding, it strikes a man more dead than a great reckoning in a little room. 1742. KNOWLEDGE ill judged. Knowledge in an ill habitation is worse than Jovet in a thatch'd house. THE TAMING OF THE SHREW. 1743. WOMEN-Kindness and good Temper more conciliates Love than Beauty. Kindness in Women, not their beauteous looks, Oft wins Men's love. 1744. THANKS. The poorest service is repaid with Thanks. Thus it was said, "Ingenium Galbæ male habitat." Alluding to RAUCIS and PHILEMON; that most delightful of the Metamorphoses. An old Philosopher thus invited his Friends who were startled at the meanness of his dwelling: "Eater boldly: for here also are the Gods." of Windsor.] 1746. SHEW superficial. What is the Jay more precious than the Lark, Because his feathers are more beautiful? Or is the Adder better than the Eel, Because his painted skin contents the eye? 1747. SELF-we are apt individually to judge all things by. He that is giddy thinks the world turns round. 1748. CONTEMPT-how unamiable. Scorn does blot Beauty as frosts bite the meads; Confounds the Fame as whirlwinds shake fair And in no sense is meet or amiable. [buds; 1749. WOMAN-how disguised by Anger. A Woman mov'd is like a fountain troubled: Muddy, ill-seeming, thick, bereft of Beauty. MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. 1750. YOUTH." VOL. I. Young Ravens must have food. 1751. LOVE. Though Love use Reason for his Physician*, he admits him not for his Counsellor. 1752. capricious. [pursue's; Love like a shadow flies when substance Love Pursuing that that flies, and flying what pursues. 1753. HOPE. Hope is a curtail dog in some affairs. 1754. EXPERIENCE-precious. Experience is a jewel. Sarcastically: it will not consult Reason till it tickens. of Tyre.] Keep a Gamester from the dice, and a good Student from his book, and it is wonderful, 1756. WIVES may be merry and virtuous. Wives may be merry and yet honest too. 1757. NIGHT. When Night-dogs run, 1758. MARRIAGE. all sorts of Deer are chas'd. In Love the Heavens themselves do guide the state: Money buys lands, and Wives are sold by Fate. PERICLES, PRINCE OF TYRE. 1759. GOOD. BONUM, quo antiquius eo melius". 1760, CUSTOM, or USAGE, hardens. Custom makes Sin seem in account no Sin. 1761. GLORY or LOVE-despise Death. † A Soul Embolden'd with desire of Glory or Love, Thinks Death no hazard. 1762. GLORY—it's Price. § Glory Must by Desert be gain'd. 1763. MORTALITY-difficult to teach it Self knowledge. Useful it is but difficult to teach Our frail Mortality to know itself. 1764. GOD omniscient. [Acts. § Heaven hath it's countless eyes to view Men's "The older the better" The original was, "Quò communius,” the more communicated." but altered for the occasion. of Tyre.] 1765. BEAUTY-not amiable without Goodness. Wisdom loves Beauty; but will not love still, Finding a glorious Casket, stockt with Ill, At which it's thoughts revolt. 1766. PLEASURES-bad. * Bad Pleasures in the end are bought too dear. 1767. AFFECTION filial. All love the Womb that their first Being bred. 1768. HYPOCRISY. A Hypocrite Is good in nothing but in sight. 1769. VICE-assimilates all to itself. Serpents, though they feed On sweetest flowers, yet they do poison breed. 1770. GUILT will hazard any thing for ConcealWisdom sees, that Men · [ment. Who blush not at an Act blacker than Night, i Will shun no course to keep it from the light. 1771. productive of farther. One Sin another doth provoke. 1772. CRIMES--their Affinity. Murther's as near to Lust as Flame to Smoke. 1773. GUILT treacherous. § Poison and Treachery are the hands of Sin. 1774. POWER. Power makes it's Will it's Act. 1775. DEATH-a Monitor. Death remember'd should be like a Mirror Which tells us,-Life's but breath. 1776. SICKNESS-the same. Sick Men feeling woe Grasp not at earthly joys as erst they did *. Nuper me Amici cujusdam Valetudo admonuit. PLIN. SEC. EP. 1777. VIRTUE will not temporize. of Tyre] *Ask not advice of any other thought But Faithfulness and Courage. 1778. SIN-it's Approaches to be shunn'd. He is no man on whom perfections wait That, knowing Sin within, will touch the gate. 1779. VICE ashamed of itself. Few love to hear the Sins they love to act. 1780. offensive. Vice repeated, like the wandering wind, Blows dust in others' eyes. 1781. some instances of it become contagious by Publication. § It is fit fit. What being more known grows worse, to smother 1782.- affected or false Tenderness toward it. How Courtesy would seem to cover Sin. 1783. MONARCHS. Who has a Book of all that Monarchs do, He's more secure to keep it shut than known. 1784. TYRANTS cruel and suspicious. * A Tyrant Will think you speaking tho' you swear to silence. For what may make him blush in being known, He'll stop the course by which it might be known. 1785. + By Tyranny Subjects are punisht that ne'er thought offence. 1786. INVASION-when unexpected. Amazement drives all courage from a State Gainst Dangers unprepar'd:-Men thus are vanEre they resist, [quisht |