the midst of his griefs": and besides, when a lady jilted
him, was he not serious enough to denounce her treason
as greater than Cain's against Abel?

At any rate he was in earnest when he wished his
wishes gratified, for he did not care to "fish without
water"; he was brilliant, witty, clever, and famous;
good-looking, we assume, and a jolly old dog, we know;
he made skilful use, no doubt, of the usual tokens of
affection,--girdles, diadems, ribbons, bracelets, clasps,
rings, and sachets of musk: above all he was not a par-
ticle deceived about the ladies or a particle afraid of them;
and so there were always a plenty to love him and some
to love him devotedly.

Whereby there hangs another song, to a very different
air. ¹⁴

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