Ill news, madam,
Are swallow-wing'd, but what's good walks on crutches.
Virgin Martyr, IV., 1, 103:
Pleasures forc'd
Are unripe apples; sour, not worth the plucking.
A New Way, IV., 1, 187:
Though I must grant
Riches, well-got, to be a useful servant,
But a bad master.
Bondman, I., 3, 100:
He that would govern others, first should be
The master of himself, richly endu'd
With depth of understanding, height of courage,
And those remarkable graces which I dare not
Ascribe unto myself.
Bondman, III., 1, 6:
But turbulent spirits, raised beyond themselves
With ease, are not so soon laid; they oft prove
Dangerous to him that call'd them up.
Maid of Honour. The same name is found in Ben Jonson's unfortunate New Inn, produced in 1629. Cf. also City Madam, II., 2, 182: