4. Silui a bonis et dolor meus renovatus est.-Ps. xxxix.

2. (I was silent from good words, and my grief was renewed.)

'Tis very true, my grief lies all within ;
And these external manners of laments
Are merely shadows to the unseen grief

That swells with silence in the tortured soul. (R. II. iv. 1.)

Cor. What shall Cordelia do? Love and be silent. Then poor Cordelia! And yet not so; since I am sure my love's more ponderous than my tongue. (Lear, i. 1.)

5. Credidi propter quod locutus sum.-Ps. cxvi. 10.

(I believed, therefore have I spoken.)

D. Pedro. By my troth, I speak my thought.
Claud. And, in faith, my lord, I spoke mine.

Bene. And, by my two faiths and troths, my lord, I spoke mine.

What his heart believes his tongue speaks.
I speak to thee my heart. (2 H. IV. v. 4.)

(M. Ado, i. 1.) (M. Ado, i. 1.)

By my troth, I will speak my conscience. (Ien. V. iv. 1.) Speakest thou from thy heart ?-From my soul. (R. J. iii. 2.) (See 2 H. VI. iii. 2, 156-7, 271; R. III. i. 2, 192-3; Lear, i. 1, 93.)

6. Memoria justi cum laudibus, ac impiorum nomen putrescet.-Prov. x. 7. (The memory of the just lives with praise, but the name of the wicked shall rot.)

(Quoted in Observations on a Libel.)

Lies richer in your thoughts than on his tomb;

So in approof lives not his epitaph

As in your speech. (All's W. i. 2.)

He lives in fame that died in virtue's cause. (Tit. And. i. 2.)

(See Much Ado, v. 4, song; Rich. III. i. 81, 87, 88; Ham. iii. 2, 129-134.)

Let her rot. (Oth. iv. 1.)

May his pernicious soul rot half a grain a day! (0th. v. 2.)

(Compare II. V. iv. 4, 94–99; and Sonnets xviii. xix.)

7. Justitiamque omnes cupida de mente fugamus. (And we all chase justice from our covetous heart.)

In the corrupted currents of this world
Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice;
And oft 'tis seen, the wicked prize itself
Buys out the law. (Ham. iii. 3.)

8. Non recipit stultus verba prudentiæ nisi ea dixeris quæ versantur in corde ejus.-Prov. xviii. 2. (A fool receiveth not the words of prudence unless thou speak the very things that are in his heart.)

Men of corrupted minds. . . . despise all honesty of manners and counsel; according to the excellent proverb of Solomon, 'The fool receives not,' &c., as above. (De Aug. vii. 2.)

(See No. 230.)

Gaunt. Will the king come, that I may breathe my last In wholesome counsel to his unstaid youth?

York. Vex not yourself, nor strive not with your breath; For all in vain comes counsel to his ear.

Gaunt. Though Richard my life's counsel would not hear, My death's sad tale may yet undeaf his ear.

York. No, it is stopped with other flattering sounds. . . Where doth the world thrust forth a vanity,

So it be new, there's no respect how vile,

That is not quickly buzz'd into his ears?

Then all too late comes counsel to be heard,
Where will doth mutiny with wit's regard.
Direct not him whose way himself will choose,

"Tis breath thou lack'st and that breath wilt thou lose.

(Rich. II. ii. 1.)

9. Veritatem eme et noli vendere.-Prov. xxiii. 23. (Buy the truth, and sell it not.)

Knowledge which kings with their treasures cannot buy.

(See No. 232.)

(Praise of Knowledge.)

10. Qui festinat ditari non erit innocens.-Prov. xxviii. 20. (He who hasteth to be rich shall not be innocent.)

(Quoted in Essay Of Riches.)

With a robber's haste crams his rich thievery up. (Tr. Cr. iv. 4.)

11. Nolite dare sanctum canibus.--Matt. vii. 6. (Give

not that which is holy unto dogs.)

Celia. Why, cousin! . . . . not a word?

Ros. Not one to throw at a dog.

Celia. No, thy words are too precious to be cast away upon curs. (As Y. L. i. 3.)

A good lustre of conceit in a tuft of earth,

Pearl enough for a swine. (L. L. L. iv. 3.)

12. Qui potest capere capiat.-Matt. xix. 12. (He that can receive it, let him receive it.)

(Quoted No. 238.)

13. Quoniam Moses ob duritiam cordis vestri permisit vobis.-Matt. xix. 8. (Moses, on account of the hardness of your hearts, gave you this permission.)

(Quoted in Essay Of Usury.)

If one get beyond the bound of honour. .

be the hearts of all that hear me. (W. T. iii. 2.)

(See also No. 434.)

hardened

14. Obedire oportet Deo magis quam hominibus.—Acts v. 29. (We ought to obey God rather than men.)

Q. Kath. Have I with my full affections

Still met the king? lov'd him next Heaven? obeyed him?
Been, out of fondness, superstitious to him?

Almost forgot my prayers to content him?

And am I thus rewarded? (Hen. VIII. iii. 1.)

Had I but served my God with half the zeal

I served my king, he would not in mine age

Have left me naked to mine enemies. (Hen. VIII. iii. 2.)

15. Et unius cujusque opus quale sit probabit ignis.1 Cor. iii. 13. (And the fire shall try every man's work, of what sort it is.)

Tried gold. (Mer. Ven.)

The fire seven times tried this:

Seven times tried that judgment is

That did never choose amiss. (Ib. ii. 9, scroll.)

16. Non enim possumus aliquid adversus veritatem sed pro veritate.-2 Cor. xiii. 8. (For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.)

To speak so indirectly I am loath. I would speak truth. . if he speak against me on the adverse side . . . . 'tis a physic that's bitter to sweet end. (M. M. iv. 6.)

Truth is truth. (L. L. L. iv. 1; All's Well, iv. 3; John, i. 1.)
Truth is truth to the end of reckoning. (M. M. v. 1.)

Is not the truth the truth? (1 H. IV. ii. 4.)

The crowned truth. (Per. v. 1.)

17. For which of ye good works doe ye stone me.-John x. 32.

I cannot tell, good sir, for which of his virtues it was, but he was certainly whipped out of court.

His vices you would say-there's not virtue whipped out of court. (W. T. iv. 3.)

Fool. I marvel, what kin thou and thy daughter are; they'll have me whipped for speaking true, thou'lt have me whipped for lying; and sometimes I am whipped for holding my peace.

(Lear, i. 5.)

18. Quorundam hominum peccata præcedunt ad judicium, quorundam sequuntur.-1 Tim. v. 24. (Some men's sins go before to judgment; some they follow after.)

Clar. Ah, keeper, keeper! I have done these things
That now give evidence against my soul,

For Edward's sake, and see how he requites me!
O God! If my deep prayers cannot appease thee,
But thou wilt be avenged on my misdeeds,
Yet execute thy wrath on me alone.

.

(R. III. i. 4.)

Machinations, hollowness, treachery, and all ruinous disorders follow us disquietly to our graves. (Lear, i. 2.)

19. Bonum certamen certavi.-2 Tim. iv. 7. (I have fought a good fight.)

I bring you certain news . . . . good as heart can wish. . .

...

O such a day, so fought, so followed, and so fairly won, came not till now to dignify the times. (2 Hen. IV. i. 1.)

(Cp. Hen. V. iv. 6, i. 18.)

20. Sat patriæ Priamoque datum.-Eneid, ii. 291. (Enough has been done for my country and for Priam.)

Soldiers, this day you have redeemed your lives,

And showed how well you love your prince and country. (2 Hen. VI. iv. 8.)

(See f. 84, 78.)

21. Ilicet obruimur numero.-Æn. ii. 424. (Suddenly we are overwhelmed by numbers.)

(See Hen. V. iii. 6 and 7: Where the French, proud of their numbers, call on the English, whose forces are weakened and faint by loss of numbers, to yield to a superior force.)

22. Atque animis illabere nostris.-En. iii. 89. (And glide into our minds.)

Love's heralds should be thoughts,

Which ten times faster glide than the sun's beams.

(Rom. Jul. ii. 5.)

(Compare the use of the word 'creep'-Mer. Ven. v. 1, 56; Tw. N. i. 5, 295; Tim. Ath. iv. 1, 26; Ant. Cleo. i. 3, 50; Cymb. i. 5, 24.)

An opinion which easily steals into men's minds.

(De Aug. viii.; Spedding, v. 71.)

23. Hoc prætexit nomine culpam.-Virg. Æn. iv. 172. (By that specious name she veiled the crime.-Dryden.)

24. Procul o procul este profani.-Virg. Æn. vi. 258. (Away, away, ye profane ones!)

Rogues, hence, avaunt! vanish like hailstones! go!

Avaunt perplexity! (L. L. L. v. 2.)

(Mer. Wiv. i. 3.)

Avaunt thou hateful villain! (John, iv. 6.)

Aroint thee witch! (Mac. i. 3; and Lear iii. 4, song.)

25. Magnanimi heroes nati melioribus annis.-Æn. vi.

649. (Great-hearted heroes born in happier years.)

Cassius. This is my birthday, as this very day was Cassius born. (Jul. Cæs. v. 1.)