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The Plays of Philip Massinger, Vol. I

Note 146 — SCENE II.

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One aerie with proportion ne'er discloses The eagle and the wren.] Aerie is the nest of a bird of prey; disclose is to hatch: the meaning is, eagles and wrens are too disproportionate in bulk to be hatched in the same nest.—Gifford.

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