Note 145:A — Chapter V
Reading edition
In Shakespeare's "Henry V." we read how the Constable of France and the Duke of Orleans thus bandied proverbs: "Orl. Ill will never said well. Con. I will cap that proverb with—there is flattery in friendship. Orl. And I will take that up with—give the devil his due. You are the better at proverbs, by how much?—a fool's bolt is soon shot."