By many indignities we come to dignities.

By many indignities we come to dignities.

The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby,
Knowing that read more

The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby,
Knowing that with the shadow of his wings
He can at pleasure stint their melody:
Even so mayest thou the giddy men of Rome.

Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.

Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.

Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]

Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]

Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.
[Lat., Fiat justitia, ruat coelum.]

Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.
[Lat., Fiat justitia, ruat coelum.]

He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
That blushed at its own praise.

He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
That blushed at its own praise.

Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.

Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.

The more honesty a man has the less he affects the air of a
saint.

The more honesty a man has the less he affects the air of a
saint.

Concealed sorrow bursts the heart, and rages within us as an
internal fire.

Concealed sorrow bursts the heart, and rages within us as an
internal fire.