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"Juan was petrified; he had heard a hint Of such a spirit in these halls of old, But thought, like most men, there was nothing in't Beyond the rumor which such spots unfold, Coin'd from surviving superstition's mint, Which passes ghosts in currency like gold, But rarely seen, like gold compared with paper. And did he see this? or was it a vapor?
John Ogilby, writing in 1671 of the produce of America, says: "But much more beneficial is the cacao, with which Fruit New Spain drives a great Trade; nay, serves for Coin'd Money. When they deliver a Parcel of Cacao, they tell them by five, thirty, and a hundred. Their Charity to the Poor never exceeds above one Cacao-nut.
I have not loved the world, nor the world me; I have not flattered its rank breath, nor bow'd To its idolatries a patient knee Nor coin'd my cheek to smiles nor cried aloud In worship of an echo; in the crowd They could not deem me one of such; I stood Among them, but not of them; in a shroud Of thoughts which were not their thoughts, and still could, Had I not filled my mind which thus itself subdued.
Those high-prized friends who share your mirth Are counterfeits of brittle earth, False coin'd in Death's alloy! The bliss your notes could once inspire, When lightly o'er the god-like lyre Your nimble fingers pass'd, Shall spring the same from others' skill When you're forgot, the music still The player shall outlast!
In the fifth act Posthumus believes his wife to be guilty, and yet breaks out into strains like these: 'So I'll die, For thee, O Imogen! even for whom my life Is every breath a death. . . . For Imogen's dear life take mine; and though 'Tis not so dear, yet 'tis a life; you coin'd it. Shakespeare surely ought to have made Posthumus revert to perfect faith.
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