...thy Sockes*; were on, Leaue thee alone, for the comparison Of all, that insolent Greece, or haughtie Rome sent forth, or since did from their ashes come. Triumph, my Britaine, than hast one to showe, To whom all Scenes { of Europe homage owe. He was not of an age,...

...not seeke For names, but call forth thund'riug Aeschilus, Eurpedes, and Sophocles to us, Paccuvius, Accius, him of Cordova dead, To life again, to hear...thy buskin tread And shake a stage ; or, when thy sockes were on, Leave thee alone, for the comparison Of all that insolent Greece, or haughtie Eome...

...thy Sockes\ were on, Leaue thee alone, for the comparison Of all, that insolent Greece, or haughtie Rome sent forth, or since did from their ashes come. Triumph, my Britaine, thou hast one to showe, To whom all Scenes\ of Europe homage owe. He was not of an age, but...

...Sophocles to us. P.icuvius, Accius, him of Cordoua dead, To live again, to hear thy buskin tread, And ^hake a stage; or when thy socks were on, Leave thee alone for the comparison Of ali, that insolent Greece, or haughty Rome Sent forth, or since did from their ashes come. Triumph...

...haughty Rome. Cf. the lines from Jonson's To the Memory of my Beloved Master, William Shakespeare : Leave thee alone, for the comparison Of all that insolent...Rome Sent forth, or since did from their ashes come. "as applicable to Bacon's prose as to Shakespeare's verse." The whole passage is imitated from Seneca...

...haughty Home. Cf. the lines from Jonson's To the Memory of my Beloved Master, William Shakespeare : Leave thee alone, for the comparison Of all that insolent...Rome Sent forth, or since did from their ashes come. It is, perhaps, needless to add that those who attribute Shakespeare's plays to Bacon make much capital...

...For names, but call forth thund'ring /Eschylus,5 Euripides, and Sophocles to us, Pacuvius, Accius,6 him of Cordova dead, To life again, to hear thy buskin tread, And shake a stage ; or when thy socks 7 were on, Leave thee alone for a comparison Of all that insolent Greece or haughty Rome Sent forth,...

...thy Sockes were on, Leaue thee alnne, for the comparison Of all, that insolent Greece, or haughtie Rome Sent forth, or since did from their ashes come. Triumph, my Britaine, thou hast one to showe, To whom all Scenes of Europe homage owe. He was not of an age, but...

...would not seek For names; but call forth thund'ring Aeschylus. Euripides, and Sophocles to us. ... Or, when thy socks were on, Leave thee alone, for...Rome Sent forth, or since did from their ashes come. In Milton's four lines we seem to find several aspects of Jonson which are daunting to the general...

...the actor with the author, for such an expression as occurs in the following: — Or when thy Sockes were on Leave thee alone for the comparison Of all, that insolent Greece or haughtie Rome Sent forth, or since did from their ashes come, — might be claimed to be a mere figure...