Sir W. Sage. Certainly, it is a very eloquent and wise oration, since you have taken so much pains.
Mimick. Labour and study is not a certain rule for wise, witty or eloquent orations or speeches, for many studied speeches are very foolish, but you will hear my speech?
Sir W. Sage. I will.
Mimick. But then Master, you must stand for, signifie, or represent a multitude or an assembly.
Sir W. Sage. That is impossible, being but a single person.
Mimick. Why doth not a single figure stand for a number, as the figure of five, eight or nine, and joining ciphers to them, they stand for so many hundreds or thousands: and here be two joint-stools, one of which stools and you lady shall serve for two ciphers and my master for the figure nine and so you and the joint-stool make nine hundred.
In our third and last quotation, we have a specimen of what she considered wit. It is from “The Wit’s Cabal”.
Act II. Scene V.
Enter Captain, Harry, Will, Dick, Lieutenant and Cornet, as in the Tavern.
Will. Well, this wine is so fresh and full of spirit, as it would make a fool a poet.