"Polycrates considered which of his treasures it would most grieve his soul to lose, and came to this conclusion: he w…"

"But for all that, Sancho, I have falne upon one thing, which is, that thou didst ill describe her beautie to me: for …"

"The deep green emerald, in whose fresh regard Weak sights their sickly radiance do amend."

"I took ship for Tyre in Phoenicia, where I had learned by inquiry that there was a holy temple of Heracles. There I s…"

"[H]is belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires."