Tib. Tush, Fawn,
To violence of women, love, and wit,
Nothing but not obtaining is impossible!
Notumque furens quid fœmina possit.
Herc. But then, how rest you to your father true?
Tib. To him that only can give dues, she rests most due.
[Exit.
Herc. Even so. He that with safety would well lurk in courts 540
To best-elected ends, of force is wrung
To keep broad eyes, soft feet, long ears, and most short tongue;
For ’tis of knowing creatures the main art
To use quick hams, wide arms, and most close heart.
[205] Compare with this speech the fourth elegy of Book II. of Ovid’s Amores.
[206] Eds. 1. and 3. “moving.”
[207] Eds. 1. and 3. “and.”
[208] So ed. 2.—Eds. 1. and 3. “for if my humour love.”