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A. W. ii. 3.

In a great pool, a swan's nest.

BROILS, DOMESTIC.

To the dark house, and the detested wife.
BRUTUS.

This was the noblest Roman of them all;
All the conspirators, save only he,
Did that they did in envy of great Cæsar;
He, only, in a general honest thought,
And common good to all, made one of them.
His life was gentle; and the elements

So mix'd in him, that Nature might stand up
And say to all the world: This was a man!
BUBBLES.

The earth hath bubbles, as the water hath,
And these are of them.

On my life, my lord, a bubble.

BUTTON HOLDER.

Sometimes he angers me,

With telling me of the mold-warp, and the ant,
Of the dreamer Merlin, and his prophecies;

And of a dragon and a finless fish,

A clip-wing'd griffin, and a moulten raven,
A couching lion, and a rampant cat,
And such a deal of skimble-skamble stuff
As puts me from my faith. I'll tell you what,-
He held me, but last night, at least nine hours,
In reckoning up the several devils' names,

J.C. v. 5.

M. i. 3.

A. W. iii. 6.

That were his lackeys: 'I cried-humph,-and well-go to-
But mark'd him not a word. O, he's as tedious

As is a tired horse, a railing wife;

Worse than a smoky house: I had rather live

With cheese and garlick, in a windmill, far,

BUTTON-HOLDER,-continued.

Than feed on cates, and have him talk to me,
In any summer-house in Christendom.

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That thou art blam'd, shall not be thy defect,
For slander's mark was ever yet the fair.
CANDOUR.

Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate
Nor set down aught in malice.

In simple and pure soul I come to you.
CANNONADE (See also SIEGE).

H.IV. PT. I. iii. 1.

By east and west, let France and England mount
Their battering cannon, charged to the mouths;

Till their soul-fearing clamours have brawl'd down
The flinty ribs of this contemptuous city:
I'd play incessantly upon these jades,

Ev'n till unfenced desolation

Leave them as naked as the vulgar air.

CAPACITY.

A. C. ii. 5.

M. M. iii.2.

H. iii. 1.

Poems.

0. v. 3.

O. i. 1.

K.J. ii.2.

The truth is, I am only old in judgment and understanding; and he that will caper with me for a thousand marks, let him lend me the money, and have at him! H.IV. PT. 11. i. 2.

CAPTAIN, THE TITLE OF, PROstituted.

Captain! thou abominable cheater, art thou not ashamed to be called captain? If captains were of my mind, they would truncheon you out, for taking their names upon you before you have earned them. You a captain, you slave! for what? A captain! these villains will make the word captain odious: therefore captains had need look to it. H. IV. PT. 1. ii. 4.

CAPTIOUSNESS.

You must needs learn, lord, to amend this fault.
Though sometimes it show greatness, courage, blood,
(And that's the dearest grace it renders you)
Yet oftentimes it doth present harsh rage,

Defect of manners, want of government,

Pride, haughtiness, opinion, and disdain :
The least of which, haunting a nobleman,
Loseth men's hearts; and leaves behind a stain
Upon the beauty of all parts besides,
Beguiling them of commendation.

CARE.

H. IV. PT. I. iii. 1.

Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges sleep will never lie;
But where unbruised youth with unstuff'd brain
Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.
You lay out too much pains
For purchasing but trouble.
CARNAGE.

R. J. ii. 3.

Cym. ii. 3.

Slaying is the word;

It is a deed in fashion.

J. C. v. 5.

CAVALIER.

But he, as loving his own pride and purposes,
Evades them with a bombast circumstance,

Horribly stuff'd with epithets of war;

And, in conclusion, nonsuits

My mediators.

CAVILLER.

I'll give thrice so much land

0. i. 1.

To any well deserving friend;

But in the way of bargain, mark you me,
I'll cavil on the ninth part of a hair.

H. IV. PT. I. iii. 1.

CAUSE, COMMON.

For 'tis a cause that hath no mean dependence
Upon our joint and several dignities.

DEFECTIVE.

A rotten cause abides no handling.

I cannot fight upon this argument.

CAUTION (See also ADVICE).

Too much trust hath damag'd such
As have believ'd men in their loves too much.
Take heed o' the foul fiend!

It is the bright day that brings forth the adder,
And that craves wary walking.

T. C. ii. 2.

H. IV. PT. 11. iv. 1.

T. C. i. 1.

Good, my lord, let's fight with gentle words,
Till time lend friends, and friends their helping swords.

Come not between the dragon and his wrath.

Hear you me, Jessica :

Lock up my doors; and when you hear the drum,
And the vile squeaking of the wry-neck'd fife,
Clamber not you up to the casement then,
Nor thrust your head into the public street,
To gaze on Christian fools with varnish'd faces;

Poems.

K. L. iii. 4.

J. C. ii. 1.

R. II. iii. 3.

K. L. i. 1.

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K. L. i. 4.

How far your eyes may pierce I cannot tell,
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.

EXCESSIVE, OF THE AGED.

But, beshrew my jealousy!

It seems, it is as proper to our age

To cast beyond ourselves in our opinions,
As it is common for the younger sort
To lack discretion.

CELEBRITY (See also FAME).
Thrice-fam'd beyond all erudition.

CELERITY.

Celerity is never more admir'd,
Than by the negligent.

The flighty purpose never is o'ertook,
Unless the deed go with it.

CENSURE (See also OPINION).

We, in the world's wide mouth
Live scandaliz'd, and foully spoken of.
Why, who cries out on pride,

That can therein tax any private party?
Doth it not flow as hugely as the sea,
Till that the weary very means do ebb?
What woman in the city do I name.
When that I say, The city woman bears
The cost of princes on unworthy shoulders?
Who can come in and say that I mean her,
When such a one as she, such is her neighbour?
Or what is he of basest function,

That says his bravery is not on my cost,
(Thinking that I mean him,) but therein suits

His folly to the mettle of my speech ?

H. ii. 1.

T. C. ii. 3.

A. C. iii. 7.

M. iv. 1.

H. IV. PT. 1. i. 3.

There, then; How, what then? Let me see wherein

My tongue hath wrong'd him; if it do him right,

Then he hath wrong'd himself; if he be free,
Why then, my taxing like a wild-goose flies,

Unclaim'd of any man.

CEREMONY (See also REGAL CEREMONIES).
Was but devis'd at first to set a gloss

A. Y. ii. 7.

On faint deeds, hollow welcomes,

Recanting goodness, sorry ere 'tis shown,

But where there is true friendship, there needs none.

T. A. i. 2.

CEREMONY,-continued.

Rebukable

A. C. iv. 4.

And worthy shameful check it were to stand
On more mechanic compliment.

CERES, INVOCATION TO.

Ceres, most bounteous lady, thy rich lees

Of wheat, rye, barley, vetches, oats, and pease;
Thy turfy mountains where live nibbling sheep,

And flat meads thatch'd with stover, them to keep;
Thy banks with peonied and lilied brims,

Which spungy April at thy hest betrims,

To make cold nymphs, chaste crowns; and dark broom groves,
Whose shadow the dismissed bachelor loves,

Being lass-lorn; thy pole-clipt vineyard;
And thy sea-marge, sterile, and rocky hard,

Where thou thyself dost air: The queen o' sky,
Whose watery arch, and messenger, am I,

Bids thee leave these: and with her sovereign grace,
Here, on this grass-plot, in this very place,

To come and sport.

CHALLENGE.

T. iv. 1.

Here's the challenge, read it; I warrant there's vinegar and pepper in't.

Nay, answer me: stand, and unfold

Yourself.

God bless me from a challenge!

Read thou this challenge; mark but the penning of it.

T. N. iii. 4.

H. i. 1.

M. A. v. 1.

K. L. iv. 6.

K. L. ii. 2.

T. N. ii. 4.

Draw, you rogue; for though it be night, the moon shines.

I'll write thee a challenge; or I'll deliver thy indignation by word of mouth.

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By gar, it is a shallenge: I vill cut his troat in de park.

M. W. i. 4.

Go, write it in a martial hand; be curst and brief; it is no matter
how witty, so it be eloquent, and full of invention; taunt him with
the license of ink.
T. N. iii. 2.

I protest
Maugre thy strength, youth, place, and eminence,
Despite thy victor sword, and fire-new fortune,
Thy valour, and thy heart,-thou art a traitor :
False to thy gods, thy brother, and thy father;
Conspirant 'gainst this high illustrious prince;
And from the extremest upward of thy head,
To the descent and dust beneath thy feet,
A most toad-spotted traitor. Say thou, No,
This sword, this arm, and my best spirits are bent,
To prove upon thy heart, whereto I speak,

Thou liest.

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K. L. v. 3.

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