[475] Not in MS.

[476] So Isham copy.—Other eds. omit the words "this is."


IN MACRUM. XV.

Thou canst not speak yet, Macer; for to speak,

Is to distinguish sounds significant:

Thou with harsh noise the air dost rudely break;

But what thou utter'st common sense doth want,—

Half-English words, with fustian terms among,

Much like the burden of a northern song.