Digital facsimile of the Bodleian First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, Arch. G c.7
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L. Bar. Flatt'ring himselfe with Proiect of a power,
L. Bar. Much smaller, then the smallest of his Thoughts,
L. Bar. And so with great imagination
L. Bar. (Proper to mad men) led his Powers to death,
L. Bar. And (winking) leap'd into destruction.
Hast. Hast.
Hast. But (by your leave) it neuer yet did hurt,
Hast. To lay downe likely‑hoods, and formes of hope.
L. Bar. L. Bar.
L. Bar. Yes, if this present quality of warre,
L. Bar. Indeed the instant action: a cause on foot,
L. Bar. Liues so in hope: As in an early Spring,
L. Bar. We see th'appearing buds, which to proue fruite,
L. Bar. Hope giues not so much warrant, as Dispaire
L. Bar. That Frosts will bite them. When we meane to build,
L. Bar. We first suruey the Plot, then draw the Modell,
L. Bar. And when we see the figure of the house,
L. Bar. Then must we rate the cost of the Erection,
L. Bar. Which if we finde out‑weighes Ability,
L. Bar. What do we then, but draw a‑new the Modell