And flies flee under fhade, Why, then, the thing of courage, As rowz'd with rage, with rage doth fympathize, And with an accent tun'd in felf-fame key, 'Returns to chiding fortune. Ulyff. Agamemnon,— Thou great commander, nerve and bone of Greece, In whom the tempers and the minds of all The which,-moft mighty for thy place and sway, [To Agamemnon. And thou most reverend for thy ftretcht-out life, t [To Neftor. Should with a bond of air (ftrong as the axle-tree W Agam. Speak, prince of Ithaca; and be't of lefs ex pect That matter needlefs, of importless burden, the thing of courage,]-the fierce tyger roars moft in ftorms. • Returns]-its own notes. which were fuch, &c.]—As that Agamemnon's ought to be engraven on a table of brafs, fupported on the one fide by the Prince, and on the other by Greece, in token of that perfect harmony which fubfifts between them; and for Neftor's a filver medal fhould be voted, exhibiting him in the attitude of haranguing his countrymen, and rivetting their attention by his eloquence, that powerful bond of air. "Though great and wife. * and we lefs. Divide thy lips; than we are confident, Uly. Troy, yet upon her bafis, had been down, * The fpecialty of rule hath been neglected; What honey is expected? Degree being vizarded, 2 The heavens themselves, the planets, and this center, 'Infifture, course, proportion, feafon, form, And posts, like the commandment of a king, Sans check, to good and bad: But, when the planets, In evil mixture, to disorder wander, What plagues, and what portents? what mutiny? The specialty of rule]-The peculiar rights of fovereignty. Y When that the general, &c.]-When an army is not under a control fimilar to that of a hive of bees, and the commander's tent ceases to be the feat of public refort, for the benefit of the whole body. Degree being vizarded,]—Diftinction of rank being destroyed. this center,]-the earth, then thought the center of the univerfal fyftem. b Infiflure,]-ftation. In evil mixture,]-Forming unfavourable conjunctions. d Divert and crack, rend and deracinate The unity and married calm of states Quite from their fixture? So, when degree is shak'd, h Then enterprize is fick! How could communities, Strength should be lord of imbecility, And the rude fon fhould ftrike his father dead: Force fhould be right; or, rather, right and wrong (Between whose endless jar justice 1 refides) i Should lofe their names, and fo should justice too. k Then every thing * includes itself in And appetite, 'an univerfal wolf, power, So doubly feconded with will and power, d deracinate]-root up. e married-harmonious" married lineament." ROMEO AND JULIET, A& I. S. 3. La. Cap. f brother boods]-companies. hauthentic]-proper, juft, appointed. i refides)]-as dividable]-divided, diftant. * includes itself—is abforbed into power, which, becoming fole agent, foon converts itself into will, &c. ว an univerfal wolf,]-perhaps alluding to the Edda, or eating ulcer. Follows Follows the choaking. And this neglection of, degree it is, That" by a pace goes backward, with a purpose Of his fuperior, grows to an envious fever n And 'tis this fever that keeps Troy on foot, Agam. The nature of the ficknefs found, Ulyffes, Ulyff. The great Achilles,-whom opinion crowns The finew and the forehand of our hoft, Having his ear full of his airy fame, Grows dainty of his worth, and in his tent Lies mocking our defigns: With him, Patroclus, Breaks fcurril jefts; And with ridiculous and aukward action (Which, flanderer, he imitation calls) Thy topless deputation he puts on; And, like a ftrutting player,-whofe conceit m by a pace goes backward,]-gradually depreffes its immediate fuperiour, with a view to advance itself. n bloodless]-frigid, sluggish, malignant rivalry. To hear the wooden dialogue and found He acts thy greatness in: and when he speaks, That's done;-as near" as the extremeft ends And then, forfooth, the faint defects of age W I Shake in and out the rivet and at this fport, the wooden dialogue and found]-the echo of his loud ftamp on the ftage returning from the roof of the theatre. unfquar'd]-irregular, untuneable. 'dreft to]-upon the point of speaking. as the extremeft ends of parallels ;]—as caft and weft. pally-palfy'd, paralytic. * Severals and generals of grace exact,]-All our personal or national accomplishments, however decent and irreprehenfible. Succefs, |