She was a vixen, when he went to school;
And, tho' fhe be but little, he is loud.

Mid. Night's Dream, A& IIF

Hon. Capt. Ful.

Pleafant without fcurrility, witty without affectation, audacious without impudence, learned with out opinion, and ftrange without herefy.

Love's Labour Loft.

Lord CHARLES BN.

His words are bonds; his oaths are oracles; his heart as free from fraud as Earth from Heav'n !

Two Gentlemen of Verona.

Lady G, F-ZR-Y.

One, that, in her fex, her years. profeffion, wif dom, and conftancy, hath amaz'd me more than I dare blame my weakness.

Gen. HON-Y -D.

All's Well.

A fcar nobly got, or a noble fcar, is a good li

very of honour.

Ditto, A&V..

Lady DRH ST.

A wench married in an afternoon as he went to

the garden for parfly to ftuff a rabbit !

Lord Purex.

-By my hopes

I do not think a braver Gentleman,

More active valiant, or more valiant young,
More daring bold, is now alive

To grace this latter age with noble deed.

Hen. IV. A& V.

Sir T

·s CL- -S.

You'll be fo lean, the blasts of January

will blow you through and through,

Sir J. LADD.

'Tis an unweed edgarden

Winter's Tale

That grows to feed: Things rank, and grofs in

Nature

Poffeffes it merely.

Lady JANE SCT.

Hamlet, A& I.

Your date is better in your pye, and your por ridge, than in your cheek; and your virginity. old virginity, is like one of our French wither'd pears; it looks ill; it eats drily!

your

All's Well, A& I.

Sir J. ST-N-Y.

He is gracious, if he be observ'd: he hath a tear

for

for Pity, and a hand as open as day to melting

Charity.

Hen. IV. Part II. .

Dean of OsRY!

I have a reasonable good ear in mufic;-let us have the tongs, and the bones.

All's Well, A& IV. Scene 1..

He will feal, Sir, an egg out of a cloyfter. For rapes, and ravishments he parallels Nefjus. He pro-feffes no keeping of oaths, and in breaking them is ftronger than Hercules. Drunkennefs is his belt. virtue.

All's Well, A& IV..

Lord W-CH-SEA.

I am not, Coufin, covetous of gold ;;
But if it be a fin to covet bonour,

I am the most offending foul alive..

Lady A-N SAN..

Good Lord, for alliance! Thus goes every one to the world but I, and I fun-burn'd; I may fit in a corner, and cry,-Heigh ho! for a husband..

Much Ado, A& II. Scene 1.

Why then build me thy fortunes on the bafis of valour! Challenge me the Duke's youth to fight with him my niece shall take note of it; and affure thyfelf, there is no love-broker in the world, can more prevail in man's commendation with women, than report with valour.

Twelfth Night, A& IV.

Countess of H—e.

She's a witch, a quean, an old cozening quean!Come down, you witch; you hag you, come down,

I fay:

No doubt, the devil will foon have her!

Merry Wives of Windfor

Lord SH---D---M.

For tho' we lay thefe honours on this man,
To ease ourselves of divers fland'rous loads,
He shall bear them, as the afs bears gold,
To groan, and sweat under the business.

Jul. Cæfar, A&IV

Lady L. W-LD---VE.

The moft replenish'd fweet work of Nature,
That, from the prime creation, e'er fhe fram'd.

Rich. III.

Sir J. St. A

N

Not yet old enough for a man, nor young enough

for

for a boy as a fquash is before 'tis a peascod, or a codling when 'tis almost an apple; 'tis with him in fanding water, betwixt boy, and man.

Twelfth Night, A& II.

Lady BTON.

What fays the married woman? You may go-
Wou'd she had never given you leave to marry.!
Let her not say,-'tis I that keep you here:
I have no pow'r upon you; her's you are.

Lord W-T―N.

Ant. and Cleop.

Marry, you are the wifer man in saying nothing : for many a man's tongue shakes out his master's undoing. To fay nothing, to do nothing, to know nothing, and to have nothing, is to be a great part of your title, which is in a very tittle of nothing. All's Well, A& II,

Earl of CLE.

Light vanity, (infatiate cormorant) confuming means, foon preys upon itself!

Rich, II.

Sir WM. AH-ST.

You wear out a good wholesome forenoon, in hearing a caufe between an orange wife, and a fof

fet