Ib. Speech of Calianax:—
“Office! I would I could put it off! I am sure I sweat quite through my office!”
The syllable off reminds the testy statesman of his robe, and he carries on the image.
Ib. Speech of Melantius:—
... “Would that blood,
That sea of blood, that I have lost in fight,” &c.
All B. and F.'s generals are pugilists or cudgel-fighters, that boast of their bottom and of the claret they have shed.
Ib. The Masque;—Cinthia's speech:—
“But I will give a greater state and glory,
And raise to time a noble memory