Rosalynde or, Euphues\' Golden Legacy
ROSALYNDE OR, EUPHUES' GOLDEN LEGACY BY THOMAS LODGE EDITED WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY EDWARD CHAUNCEY BALDWIN, Ph.D. PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS STANDARD ENGLISH CLASSICS
'This came,' replied the Deer, 'through disregarding a friend's advice,'
'Where is that rascal Small-wit?' asked the Crow.
'He is waiting somewhere by,' said the Deer, 'to taste my flesh,'
'Well,' sighed the Crow, 'I warned you; but it is as in the true verse--
'Stars gleam, lamps flicker, friends foretell of fate;
The fated sees, knows, hears them--all too late.'
And then, with a deeper sigh, he exclaimed,'Ah, traitor Jackal, what an
ill deed hast thou done! Smooth-tongued knave--alas!--and in the face of
the monition too--
'Absent, flatterers' tongues are daggers--present, softer than the
silk;
Shun them! 'tis a jar of poison hidden under harmless milk;
Shun them when they promise little! Shun them when they promise much!
For, enkindled, charcoal burneth--cold, it doth defile the touch.'
When the day broke, the Crow (who was still there) saw the master of the
field approaching with his club in his hand.
'Now, friend Deer,' said Sharp-sense on perceiving him, 'do thou cause
ROSALYNDE OR, EUPHUES' GOLDEN LEGACY BY THOMAS LODGE EDITED WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY EDWARD CHAUNCEY BALDWIN, Ph.D. PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS STANDARD ENGLISH CLASSICS