You read then?

Luc. One might say before ’twas written.

Cipr. But how so?

Luc. Oh, this same sufficient Roman,

What is he but another of the many

Who having seen a little and heard more

That others pick’d as loosely up before,

Constructs his little bird’s-nest universe

Of shreds and particles of false and true

Cemented with some thin philosophy,