...Ralpho, in ' Hudibras, ' was so learned that he, Could tell what subtlest parrots mean, That speak, and think contrary clean ; What member 'tis of whom they talk, When they cry ' rope,,' and, ' walk, knaves, walk..' Compare Lilly's Midas, 1592,— "Tush, it is not for the blackness, but for the babbling,...

...speaking of Ralpho's skill in augury, he says: — " Could tell what subtlest parrots mean That speak, the head, And oft from neck to toil the back in ttco doth thred." With respect to the trnltt, knave, trnlk." l> Hov he trembles in hit ecstasy!] Thus, in our Author's " Venus and Adonis,"...

...speaking of Ralpho's skill in augury, he says :— " Could tell what subtlest parrots mean That speak, and think contrary clean ; What member 'tis of whom they talk, When they cry rope, and ua/A-, knave, walk.11 ь Нтс he trembles in hit ecstasy !] Thus, in our Author's " Venus and Adonis,"...

...politician who unravelled hidden allusions, and " — — could tell what subtlest parrots mean, That speak and think contrary clean ; What member 'tis of whom they talk, When they cry ro/ie, and walk, knave, walk." Page 12, 1. 18. Her wedding ring. — An allusion to the custom of putting...

...of birds As well as they themselves do words; IT Could tell what subtlest parrots mean, That speak and think contrary clean ; What member 'tis of whom...talk, When they cry, 'Rope,' and 'Walk, knave, walk.'* collected edition of his works, he suppressed the treatise De Occultd * A nickname given to Dr. Vaughan,...

...when, speaking of Ealpho's skill in augury, he says: 1 Could tell what subtlest parrots mean That speak and think contrary clean, What member 'tis of whom they talk, When they cry rope, and walk, knave, walk'—WARBUETOK. 8 Did this companion—did this fellow; the word companion being in Shakespeare's...

...speaking of Ralpho's skill in augury, he says :— " Could tell what subtlest parrots mean That speak, rape, and wo/*, knave, wait." • Boa In trtmblei in hit ecstasy!] Thus, in our Author's " Venus and...

...which refers to Ealpho's skill in augury : — " Could tell what subtlest parrots mean, That speak and think contrary clean ; What member 'tis of whom...talk, When they cry Rope, and Walk, knave, walk." p. 185. " your customers" : — those to whose company you are accustomed : of old, a common use of...

...speech of birds As well as they themselves do words ; Could tell what subtlest parrots mean, That speak and think contrary clean ; What member 'tis of whom...they cry ' Rope, ' and ' Walk, knave, walk. ' He'd extract numbers out of matter, And keep them in a glass, like water, Of sovereign pow'r to make men...

...lines from Butler's " Hudibras:" — " Could tell what subtlest parrots mean, That think and speak contrary clean : What member 'tis of whom they talk, When they cry 'Kofi,' and 'Walk, knave, walk.' " rope? $^I_ Anrí Л\^с'ог Pinch, you are a conjurer; THE COMEDY...