William Shakspeare.
“I stand corrected. I could sail to Cathay or Tartary [46a] with half the nautical knowledge I have acquired in this glorious hall.
“The devil impelling a mortal to wrong courses, is thereby known to be the devil. He, on the contrary, who exciteth to good is no devil, but an angel of light, or under the guidance of one. The devil driveth unto his own home; so doth the south wind, so doth the north wind.
“Alas! alas! we possess not the mastery over our own weak minds when a higher spirit standeth nigh and draweth us within his influence.”
Sir Thomas.
“Those thy words are well enough,—very well, very good, wise, discreet, judicious beyond thy years. But then that sailing comes in an awkward, ugly way across me,—that Cathay, that Tartarus!
“Have a care! Do thou nothing rashly. Mind! an thou stealest my punt for the purpose, I send the constable after thee or e’er thou art half way over.”
William Shakspeare.
“He would make a stock-fish of me an he caught me. It is hard sailing out of his straits, although they be carefully laid down in most parishes, and may have taken them from actual survey.”
Sir Silas.