7. [MAXIMUS.]
Like some fair oak, that when her boughs
Are cut by rude hands, thicker grows;
And from those wounds the iron made
Resumes a rich and fresher shade.
8. [GREGORY NAZIANZEN.]
Patience digesteth misery.
9. [MARIUS VICTOR.]
——They fain would—if they might—
Descend to hide themselves in Hell. So light
Of foot is Vengeance; and so near to sin,
That soon as done, the actors do begin
To fear and suffer by themselves: Death moves
Before their eyes; sad dens and dusky groves
They haunt, and hope—vain hope which Fear doth guide!—
That those dark shades their inward guilt can hide.
10. [INCERTI.]
But night and day doth his own life molest,
And bears his judge and witness in his breast.
11. [THEODOTUS.]
Virtue's fair cares some people measure
For poisonous works that hinder pleasure.