Sapiensne? Etiam et rex
Et quicquid volet--
But, Aliena, let it not be so with thee in thy fancies, but respect
his faith and there an end."
Aliena, hearing Ganymede thus forward to further Saladyne in his
affections, thought she kissed the child for the nurse's sake, and
wooed for him that she might please Rosader, made this reply:
"Why, Ganymede, whereof grows this persuasion? Hast thou seen love in
my looks, or are mine eyes grown so amorous, that they discover some
new-entertained fancies? If thou measurest my thoughts by my
countenance, thou mayest prove as ill a physiognomer, as the lapidary
that aims at the secret virtues of the topaz by the exterior shadow of
the stone. The operation of the agate is not known by the strakes, nor
the diamond prized by his brightness, but by his hardness. The
carbuncle that shineth most is not ever the most precious; and the
apothecaries choose not flowers for their colors, but for their
virtues. Women's faces are not always calendars of fancy, nor do their
thoughts and their looks ever agree; for when their eyes are fullest
of favors, then are they oft most empty of desire; and when they seem
to frown at disdain, then are they most forward to affection.
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