...front; And now,—instead of mounting barbedf steeds To fright the souls of fearful adversaries,— He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber, To the lascivious pleasing of a lute. But I,—that am not shap'd for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass : I, that...

...And now, — instead of mounted barbed2 steeds, To flight the souls of fearful adversaries, — He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber, To the lascivious pleasing of a lute. But I, — that am not shap'd for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass ; I,...

...And now, — instead of mounting barbed steeds, To fright the souls of fearful adversaries, — He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber, To the lascivious pleasing of a lute. Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York ; And all the clouds,...

...And now, — instead of mounting barbedf steeds, To fright the souls of fearful adversaries, — He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber, To the lascivious pleasing of a lute. But I, — that am not shap'd for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass ; I,...

...front ; And now, instead of mounting barbed steeds, To fright the souls of fearfull adversaries, He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber To the lascivious pleasing of a lute.c These lines evidently gave rise to part of Richard's soliloquy in Niccols's Legend. The battels...

...And now,—instead of mounting barbed steeds, ' To fright the souls of fearful adversaries,— ' He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber, ' To the lascivious pleasing of a lute- 1 ' derful among the seamen, that mugil*, of all fishes the swiftest, is found in the belly of the...

...the trappings of war. The word is properly barded, from equns bardatus, Latin of the middle ages. He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber, To the lascivious pleasing of a liite5. But I, — that am not shap'd for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass...

...— instead of mounting barbed steeds,3 To fright the souls of fearful adversaries, — He capers4 nimbly in a lady's chamber, To the lascivious pleasing of a lute. But I, — that am not shap'd for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass ; I,...

...service, who would be more in their element, and, in the event of another war, would prefer " Capering nimbly in a lady's chamber, To the lascivious pleasing of a lute," far before " Frightening the souls of fearful adversaries;" Now, if there be any one means of degrading...

...wreaths; And now,—-instead of mounting barbed steeds, To fright the souls of fearful adversaries,— He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber, To the lascivious pleasing of a lute. But I,—that am not shap'd for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass ; I, that...