Sir William Davenant. 1605-1668

The assembled souls of all that men held wise.

Gondibert. Book ii. Canto v. Stanza 37.

Since knowledge is but sorrow's spy,

It is not safe to know.[217:1]

The Just Italian. Act v. Sc. 1.

For angling-rod he took a sturdy oake;[217:2]

For line, a cable that in storm ne'er broke;

His hooke was such as heads the end of pole

To pluck down house ere fire consumes it whole;

The hook was baited with a dragon's tale,—

And then on rock he stood to bob for whale.

Britannia Triumphans. Page 15. 1637.