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• And swans seem whiter if swart crowes be by.
  -- Du Bartas (1544-1590) -- Divine Weekes and Workes, First Week, First Day...
• Mercy and justice, marching cheek by joule.
  -- Du Bartas (1544-1590) -- Divine Weekes and Workes, First Week, First Day...
• Night's black mantle covers all alike.
  -- Du Bartas (1544-1590) -- Divine Weekes and Workes, First Week, First Day...
• In the jaws of death.
  -- Du Bartas (1544-1590) -- Divine Weekes and Workes, Second Week, First Day, Part iv...
• The world 's a stage His justice, knowledge, love, and providence Do act the parts.
  -- Du Bartas (1544-1590) -- Divine Weekes and Workes, First Week, First Day...
• Apoplexie and lethargie, As forlorn hope, assault the enemy.
  -- Du Bartas (1544-1590) -- Divine Weekes and Workes, Second Week, First Day, Part iii...
• Dog, ounce, bear, and bull, Wolfe, lion, horse.
  -- Du Bartas (1544-1590) -- Divine Weekes and Workes, Second Week, First Day, Part iii...
• A good turn at need, At first or last, shall be assur'd of meed.
  -- Du Bartas (1544-1590) -- Divine Weekes and Workes, Sixth Day...