Maccabees.) "If
we have done well, and as is fitting the story, it is that which we
desired ; but if slenderly, and meanly, it is that which we could
attain unto. For, as it is hurtful to drink wine, or water, alone ; and
as wine mingled with water is pleasant, and delighteth the taste ; even
so, speech, finely framed, delighteth the ears of them that read the
story."
So
therefore, hand in hand with loyal upholders from the land of Shades,
we make our obeisance to our Ladye, the Public, and bow ourselves off
the Boards.
Jack Point, Strolling Jester, shall furnish our parting ditty, in sadly-humorous strain :—
