Note 84 — Chapter IV · THE KNOWLEDGE OF EMBLEM-BOOKS IN BRITAIN, AND GENERAL INDICATIONS THAT SHAKESPEARE WAS ACQUAINTED WITH THEM.

Amplified by Whitney, p. 108, Respice, et prospice, “Look back, and look forward.”

“The former parte, nowe paste, of this my booke,

The seconde parte in order doth insue:

Which, I beginne with Ianvs double looke,

That as hee sees, the yeares both oulde, and newe,

So, with regarde, I may these partes behoulde,

Perusinge ofte, the newe, and eeke the oulde

And if, that faulte within vs doe appeare,

Within the yeare, that is alreadie donne,

As Ianvs biddes vs alter with the yeare,

And make amendes, within the yeare begonne,

Even so, my selfe suruayghinge what is past;

With greater heede, may take in hande the laste.”