Ant. It is shaped, sir, like itself; and it is as broad as it hath breadth: it is just so

Aut. He has a son, who shall be flayed alive: then 'nointed over with honey, set on the head of a wasp's nest; then stand, till he be three quarters and a dram dead; then recover'd again with aquavitæ, or some other hot infusion; then, raw as he is, and in the hottest day prognostication proclaims, shall he be set against a brick wall, the sun looking with a southward eye upon him, where he is to behold him with flies blown to death. But what talk we of these traitorly rascals, whose miseries are to be smil'd at, their offences being so capital?

-Remorseless.

K. Hen.

W. T., IV: 3. 610.

And as the butcher takes away the calf, And binds the wretch, and beats it when it strays,

Bearing it to the bloody slaughter-house; Even so, remorseless, have they borne him hence.

H. VI., 2 pt., III: 1. 924.

Listen, fair madam: Let it be your glory

To see her tears, but be your heart to them As unrelenting flint to drops of rain.

Lav. When did the tiger's young ones

Nothing so kind, but something pitiful! Tam. I know not what it means; away with her.

Lav. O, let me teach thee: for my father's sake,

That gave thee life, when well he might have slain thee,

Be not obdurate, open thy deaf ears.

Tam. Had thou in person ne'er offended me,

Even for his sake am I pitiless :Remember, boys, I pour'd forth tears in vain,

To save your brother from the sacrifice; But fierce Andronicus would not relent. Therefore away with her, and use her as you will;

The worse to her, the better lov'd of me. Lav. O Tamora, be call'd a gentle queen, And with thine own hands kill me in this place:

For 't is not life, that I have begged so long; Poor I was slain, when Bassianus died.

Tam. What begg'st thou then; fond woman, let me go.

To this last costly treaty, the interview, That swallow'd so much treasure, and like a glass

Did break i' the rinsing.

Nor.
'Faith, and so it did.
Buck. Pray, give me favour, sir. This
cunning cardinal

The articles o' the combination drew,
As himself pleas'd; and they were ratified,
As he cried, Thus let be: to as much end,
As give a crutch to the dead: But our
count-cardinal

Has done this, and 't is well; for worthy

I must not have you henceforth question me
Whither I go, nor reason whereabout:
Whither I must, I must; and, to conclude,
This evening must I leave you, gentle Kate.
I know you wise; but yet no further wise,
Than Harry Percy's wife: constant you are;
But yet a woman: and for secrecy,
No lady closer; for I well believe,

Thou wilt not utter what thou dost not know;

And so far will I trust thee, gentle Kate!
Lady. How! so far?

Hot. Not an inch further.

Thy age confirm'd, proud, subtle, sly, and bloody,

More mild, but yet more harmful, kind in hatred:

What comfortable hour canst thou name,
That ever grac'd me in thy company?
K. Rich.
So:

Duch. Either thou wilt die, by God's just ordinance,

Ere from this war thou turn a conqueror; Or I with grief and extreme age shall perish, And never look upon thy face again. Therefore, take with thee my most heavy

curse;

Which, in the day of battle, tire thee more, Than all the complete armour that thou wear'st!

My prayers on the adverse party fight;
And there the little souls of Edward's chil-
dren

Whisper the spirits of thine enemies,
And promise them success and victory.
Bloody thou art, bloody will be thy end;
Shame serves thy life, and doth thy death
attend.

R. III., IV: 4. 1035.