Note 89 — Chapter IV · THE KNOWLEDGE OF EMBLEM-BOOKS IN BRITAIN, AND GENERAL INDICATIONS THAT SHAKESPEARE WAS ACQUAINTED WITH THEM.
Reading edition
In Troilus and Cressida, act i. sc. 3, l. 39, vol. vi. p. 142, we read,—
“Anon beheld
The strong-ribb’d bark through liquid mountains cut,
Bounding between the two moist elements,
Like Perseus’ horse.”