Inoth. Hercules, master.
Arm. Most sweet Hercules! More authority, dear boy, name more; and, sweet my child, let them be men of good repute and carriage.
Inoth. Samson, master; he was a man of good carriage, for he raised the town gates on his back like a porter, and he was in love.
In the musicians scene, in Romeo and Juliet, Act IV. Scene V. we find—
Musician. Pray you put up your dagger, and put out your wit.
Peter. Then have at you with my wit. I will dry beat you with my iron wit, and put up my iron dagger. Answer me like:
When griping grief the heart doth wound,
And doleful dumps the mind oppress,
Then music with her silver sound—
Why silver sound? Why music with her silver sound? What say you, Simon Catling?
First Mins. Marry, Sir, because silver hath a sweet sound.
Peter. Pretty. What say you, Hugh Rebeck?