71 Keepe warme your
wisdome?
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
, _Tempest_ 5.
1: 'First, noble friend, let me embrace
thine age. ' _Catiline_ 3. 2. : 'Trouble this good shame (good and
modest lady) no farther. '
=1. 4. 70 into the shirt. = Cf. Dekker, _Non-dram. Wks. _ 2.
244: 'Dice your selfe into your shirt. '
=1. 4.
71 Keepe warme your wisdome? = Cf. _Cyn. Rev. _,
_Wks. _ 2. 241: '_Madam, your whole self cannot but be perfectly
wise; for your hands have wit enough to keep themselves warm. _'
Gifford's note on this passage is: 'This proverbial phrase is
found in most (sic) of our ancient dramas. Thus in _The Wise
Woman of Hogsden_: "You are the wise woman, are you? You _have
wit to keep yourself warm enough_, I warrant you"'. Cf. also
_Lusty Juventus_, p. 74: 'Cover your head; For indeed you have
need to keep in your wit. '
=1. 4. 72 You lade me.
thine age. ' _Catiline_ 3. 2. : 'Trouble this good shame (good and
modest lady) no farther. '
=1. 4. 70 into the shirt. = Cf. Dekker, _Non-dram. Wks. _ 2.
244: 'Dice your selfe into your shirt. '
=1. 4.
71 Keepe warme your wisdome? = Cf. _Cyn. Rev. _,
_Wks. _ 2. 241: '_Madam, your whole self cannot but be perfectly
wise; for your hands have wit enough to keep themselves warm. _'
Gifford's note on this passage is: 'This proverbial phrase is
found in most (sic) of our ancient dramas. Thus in _The Wise
Woman of Hogsden_: "You are the wise woman, are you? You _have
wit to keep yourself warm enough_, I warrant you"'. Cf. also
_Lusty Juventus_, p. 74: 'Cover your head; For indeed you have
need to keep in your wit. '
=1. 4. 72 You lade me.
