Digital facsimile of the Bodleian First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, Arch. G c.7
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Bela. Then is the full‑wing'd Eagle. Oh this life,
Bela. Is Nobler, then attending for a checke:
Bela. Richer, then doing nothing for a Babe:
Bela. Prouder, then rustling in vnpayd‑for Silke:
Bela. Such gaine the Cap of him, that makes him fine,
Bela. Yet keepes his Booke vncros'd: no life to ours.
Gui. Gui.
Gui. Out of your proofe you speak: we poore vnfledg'd
Gui. Haue neuer wing'd from view o'th'nest; nor knowes not
Gui. What Ayre's from home. Hap'ly this life is best,
Gui. (If quiet life be best) sweeter to you
Gui. That haue a sharper knowne. Well corresponding
Gui. With your stiffe Age; but vnto vs, it is
Gui. A Cell of Ignorance: trauailing a bed,
Gui. A Prison, or a Debtor, that not dares
Gui. To stride a limit.
Arui. Arui.
Arui. What should we speake of
Arui. When we are old as you? When we shall heare
Arui. The Raine and winde beate darke December? How