—"and so tell thy strength how eminent
My power is, being compared with thine;
all other making feare
To vaunt equality with me, or in this
proud kind beare
Their beards against me."
In Shirley's play, A Contention for Honour and Riches, 1633:—
"You have worn a sword thus long to show ye hilt,
Now let the blade appear.
Courtier.—Good Captain Voice,