I have ever thought
Nature doth nothing so great for great men
As when she 's pleas'd to make them lords of truth:
Integrity of life is fame's best friend,
Which nobly, beyond death, shall crown the end.
Exeunt.
<1> Malfi. The presence-chamber in the palace of the Duchess.
<2> Prevent.
<3> The same.
<4> The reference is to the knightly sport of riding at the ring.
<5> At the expense of.
<6> Rolls of lint used to dress wounds.
<7> Surgeons.
<8> A small horse.
<9> Ballasted.
<10> A lively dance.
<11> Throws into the shade.
<12> At the point of.
<13> Coaches.
<14> Spy.
<15> Cheats.
<16> Spy.
<17> Malfi. Gallery in the Duchess' palace.
<18> Lustful.
<19> Genesis xxxi., 31-42.
<20> The net in which he caught Venus and Mars.
<21> Housekeepers.
<22> Produced.
<23> Qq. read STRANGE.
<24> Guess.
<25> The phrase used to indicate that accounts had been examined
and found correct.
<26> Using words of present time; i.e., "I take," not "I will take."
<27> Knot.
<28> More firmly.
<29> Of difficult disposition.
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