As air, as water, wind, or sandy earth.
Yea, let [
men
] say to stick the heart of falsehood,
"As false as Cressid."
(Shakespeare,
Troilus and Cressida
, act iii. sc. 2)
(1602).
Cresswell (Madame), a woman of infamous character, who bequeathed £10 for a funeral sermon, in which nothing ill should be said of her. The Duke of Buckinham wrote the sermon, which was as follows:—"All I shall say of her is this: she was born well, she married well, lived well, and died well; for she was born at Shad-well, married Cress-well, lived at Clerken-well, and died in Bride-well."