“But Shakespeare,” persists Mr. Upton, “hath some Greek Expressions.” Indeed!—“We have one in Coriolanus,
——It is held
That valour is the chiefest Virtue, and
Most dignifies the Haver;——
and another in Macbeth, where Banquo addresses the Weïrd-Sisters,
——My noble Partner
You greet with present grace, and great prediction
Of noble Having.——
Gr. Ἔχεια,—and πρὸς τὸν Ἔχοντα, to the Haver.
This was the common language of Shakespeare's time. “Lye in a water-bearer's house!” says Master Mathew of Bobadil, “a Gentleman of his Havings!”