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Thomas Dekker. (1570–1632) (continued)

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The best of men
That e’er wore earth about him was a sufferer;
A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit,
The first true gentleman that ever breathed. 1

The Honest Whore. Part i. Act i. Sc. 12.

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I was ne’er so thrummed since I was a gentleman. 2

The Honest Whore. Part i. Act iv. Sc. 2.

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This principle is old, but true as fate,—
Kings may love treason, but the traitor hate. 3

The Honest Whore. Part i. Act iv. Sc. 4.

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We are ne’er like angels till our passion dies.

The Honest Whore. Part ii. Act i. Sc. 2.

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Turn over a new leaf. 4

The Honest Whore. Part ii. Act ii. Sc. 1.

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To add to golden numbers golden numbers.

Patient Grissell. Act i. Sc. 1.

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Honest labour bears a lovely face.

Patient Grissell. Act i. Sc. 1.

Joseph Hall. (1574–1656)

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Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.

Christian Moderation. Introduction.

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Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave. 5

Epistles. Dec. iii. Ep. 2.

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There is many a rich stone laid up in the bowels of the earth, many a fair pearl laid up in the bosom of the sea, that never was seen, nor never shall be. 6

Contemplations. Book iv. The veil of Moses.

Note 1.
Of the offspring of the gentilman Jafeth come Habraham, Moyses, Aron, and the profettys; also the Kyng of the right lyne of Mary, of whom that gentilman Jhesus was borne.—Juliana Berners: Heraldic Blazonry. [back]

Note 2.
See Shakespeare, King John, Quotation 10. [back]

Note 3.
Cæsar said he loved the treason, but hated the traitor.—Plutarch: Life of Romulus. [back]

Note 4.
See Middleton, Quotation 25. [back]

Note 5.
And cradles rock us nearer to the tomb.
Our birth is nothing but our death begun.
Edward Young: Night Thoughts, night v. line 718. [back]

Note 6.
Full many a gem of purest ray serene
The dark, unfathomed caves of ocean bear.
Thomas Gray: Elegy, stanza 14. [back]

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