His sheepshearing, nay, shaving to the quick
Is in every quarter of the moon, and constant.
In the time of trussing a point, he can undo
Or make a man; his play or recreation
Is to raise this up, or pull down that, and though
He never yet took orders, makes more bishops
In Sicily than the Pope himself.
The grumbling of the professional soldier against the royal favourite inspires a passage in The Duke of Milan.[70] A similar freedom of speech is found in The Maid of Honour; for instance, in the following passages:
Gasparo. When you know what 'tis,
You will think otherwise; no less will do it