[34] I have chosen God for my helper.
[35] "Fragmenta Regalia."
[36] "Nugæ Antiquæ."
[37] "Worthies" in Herts.
[38] As long as that style of domestic architecture prevailed in which every story was made to project considerably beyond the one beneath it, the upper room, from its superior size and lightsomeness, appears to have been that dedicated to the entertainment of guests.
[39] Holinshed's Chronicles.
[40] Harrington's "Brief View."
[41] Bacon's "Apophthegms."
[42] Warton's "History of English Poetry," vol. iii. p. 202 et seq.
[43] See "The Merchant of Venice."