Evans: “What is ‘lapis,’ William?”

William: “A stone.”

Evans: “And what is a ‘stone,’ William?”

William: “A pebble.”

Evans: “No, it is ‘lapis’: I pray you, remember in your prain.”

William: “Lapis.”

Evans: “That is a good William.”

(The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act IV, Sc. 1.)

MARBLE

Card. Wolsey: “When I am forgotten, as I shall be: