IN LYCUM. XLII.
Lycus, which lately is to Venice gone,
Shall, if he do return, gain three for one;[554]
But, ten to one, his knowledge and his wit
Will not be better'd or increas'd a whit.
FOOTNOTES:
[554] When a person started on a long or dangerous voyage it was customary to deposit—or, as it was called, "put out"—a sum of money, on condition of receiving at his return a high rate of interest. If he failed to return the money was lost. There are frequent allusions in old authors to this practice.
IN PUBLIUM. XLIII.
Publius, a[555] student at the Common-Law,