I am determined to put forth some
five thousand pound, to be paid me five for one, upon the return of
myself, my wife, and my dog from the Turk's court in Constantinople."
Also the epigram of Sir John Davies in Poems, ed. Grosart, vol. ii. p.
40:
"Lycus, which lately is to Venice gone,
Shall if he doe returne, gaine three for one."
Footnote 197: Volpone: or the Fox, Act II. Sc. i.
Footnote 198: Ibid., Act III. Sc. v.
Footnote 199: The whole letter is printed in Pearsall Smith's
Collection, vol. ii. p. 382.
Footnote 200: Pearsall Smith's Collection, vol. ii. p. 364 (in another
letter of advice on foreign travel).
Footnote 201: Defensio secunda, in Opera Latina, Amstelodami, 1698,
p. 96.
Footnote 202: Quo Vadis? A Just Censure of Travel as it is undertaken
by the Gentlemen of our Nation, London, 1617.
Footnote 203: 19th September 1614. Quoted in C. Dodd's Church History
of England, ed. Tierney, vol. iv. Appendix, p. ccxli.
Footnote 204: Master of Ceremonies to James I.
Footnote 205: The Reformed Travailer, by W.H., 1616, fol. A 4, verso.
Footnote 206: Charles II.
Footnote 207: Ellis, Original Letters, 1st Series, iii. 288.
Footnote 208: The Scholemaster, ed. Mayor, p. 53.
Footnote 209: The Compleat Gentleman, 1634 (reprint 1906), p. 33.
Footnote 210: Cited in G. D'Avenel, La Noblesse francaise sous
Richelieu, p. 52.
