But those that understood him ...

But those that understood him smiled at one another and shook
their heads; but for mine own part, if was Greek to me.

Away with him, away with him! ...

Away with him, away with him! He speaks Latin.

O, good my lord, no Latin!

O, good my lord, no Latin!
I am not such a truant since my coming
As not to know the language I have lived in.
A strnage tongue makes my cause more strnage, suspicious.
Pray speak in English.

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He plays o' th' viol-de-gamboy...

He plays o' th' viol-de-gamboys, and speaks three or four
languages word for word without book, and hath all the good gifts
of nature.

But to the purpose--for we cit...

But to the purpose--for we cite our faults
That they may hold excused our lawless lives;
And partly, seeing you are beautified
With goodly shape, and by your own report
A linguist, and a man of such perfection
As we do in our quality much want--

If we do meet again, we'll smi...

If we do meet again, we'll smile indeed;
If not, 'tis true this parting was well made.

They say be parted well and pa...

They say be parted well and paid his score,
And so, God be with him.

Good night, good night! Parti...

Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow,
That I shall say good night till it be morrow.

I will go wash;
And whe...

I will go wash;
And when my face is fair, you shall perceive
Whether I blush or no.

I ask, that I might waken reve...

I ask, that I might waken reverence,
And bid the cheek be ready with a blush
Modest as morning when she coldly eyes
The youthful Phoebus,
Which is that god in office, guiding men?

Fit thy consent to my sharp ap...

Fit thy consent to my sharp appetite,
Lay by all nicety and prolixious blushes,
That banish what they sue for: redeem thy brother
By yielding up thy body to my will,
Or else he must not only die the death,
But thy unkindess shall his death draw out
To ling'ring sufferance.

I have marked
A thousan...

I have marked
A thousand blushing apparitions
To start into her face, a thousand innocent shames
In angel whiteness beat away those blushes,
And in her eye there hath appeared a fire
To burn the errors that these princes hold
Against her maiden truth.

Yet will she blush, here be it...

Yet will she blush, here be it said,
To bear her secrets so bewrayed.

His kindled duty kindled her m...

His kindled duty kindled her mistrust,
That two red fires in both faces blazed.
She thought he blushed as knowing Tarquin's lust,
And, blushing with him, wistly on him gazed;
Her earnest eye did make him more amazed.

Where now I have no one to blu...

Where now I have no one to blush with me,
To cross their arms and hang their heads with mine,
To mask their brows and hide their infamy;
But I alone, alone must sit and pine,
Seasoning the earth with show'rs of silver brine,
Mingling my talk with tears, my grief with groans,
Poor wasting monuments of lasting moans.

E'en a crow o' th' same nest; ...

E'en a crow o' th' same nest; not altogether so great as the
first in goodness, but greater a great deal in evil. He excels
his brother for a coward, yet his brother is reputed one of the
best that is. In a retreat he outruns any lackey; marry, in
coming on he has the cramp.

Who knows himself a braggart,<...

Who knows himself a braggart,
Let him fear this; for it will come to pass
That every braggart shall be found an ass.

You souls of geese,
Tha...

You souls of geese,
That bear the shapes of men, how have you run
From slaves that apes would men!

So cowards fight when they can...

So cowards fight when they can fly no further;
So doves do peck the falcon's piercing talons;
So desperate thieves, all hopeless of their lives,
Breathe out invectives 'gainst the officers.

Thou dost shame
That bl...

Thou dost shame
That bloody spoil. Thou slave, thou wretch, thou coward!
Thou little valiant, great in villainy!
Thou ever strong upon the stronger side!
Thou fortune's champion, that dost never fight
But when her humorous ladyship is by
To teach thee safety!