Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow,
thou shalt not escape calumny.
Hamlet -- III. 1.
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue?
Measure for Measure -- III. 2.
CEREMONY.
Ceremony