may be raysed so upwards, that the Hawke may not see at all, and when the threed shall ware loose or untyed, then the Hawke may see somewhat backwardes, which is the cause that the threed is put nearer to the beake. For a Sparrow-hawke should see somewhat backwardes, and a Falcon forwardes. The reasõ is that if the Sparrow-hawke should see forwardes, shee would beate off her feathers, or break them when she bateth upon the fist, and seeing the companie of men, or such like, she would bate too much.”
In Antony and Cleopatra (Act iii. Sc. 13) we read—
“The wise gods seel our eyes.”
And in the same play (Act v. Sc. 2) Seleucus says:—
“Madam,
I had rather seel my lips, than, to my peril,
Speak that which is not.”
In his beautiful soliloquy on sleep, Henry IV., addressing the fickle goddess, exclaims,—
“Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast
Seel up the ship-boy’s eyes, and rock his brains