...Thomas Nash says, in an epistle prefixed to Greene's Arcadia, published, according to Mr. Dyce, in 1587: It is a common practice, now-a-days, amongst a sort...companions, that run through every art and thrive at none, to leave the trade of noverint [lawyer], whereto they were born, and busy themselves with...

...Shakespeare's Legal Acquiremeuts, p. 19 ff. runs as follows : " It is a common practice nowadays, amonga sort of shifting companions, that run through every art, and thrive by none,1 to leave the trade of Noverint, whereto they were born, and busy themselves with the endeavours...

...a common practice now a daies amongst a sort of shifting companions,* that runne through every arte and thrive by none to leave the trade of Noverint\ whereto they were borne, and busie themselves with the indevours of art, that could scarcelie latinize their necke-verse...

...devices, and have tricked up a company of taffety fools with their feathers," and in which he says, " It is a common practice nowadays amongst a sort of...noverint whereto they were born, and busy themselves with endeavors of art," whereby " they who could scarcely latinize their neck-verse, if they should have...

...devices, and have tricked up a company of taffety fools with their feathers," and in which he says, " It is a common practice nowadays amongst a sort of...every art and thrive by none, to leave the trade of riwfn'aiwherelo they were born, and busy themselves with endeavors of art," whereby " they who could...

...campanions, that run through every art and thrive by none, to learn the trade of Noverint, in which they were born, and busy themselves with the endeavours of art, that could scarce latinize their neck-verse, if they had need. Yet English Seneca read by candle-light, yields...

...can endite a whole year, and not be beholden to art." — Greene's Farewell to Folly (1587). "It's a common practice now-a-days, amongst a sort of shifting...companions, that run through every art and thrive at none, to leave the trade of noverint whereto they were born and busy themselves with the endeavors...

...pointed out by Malone. The passage in Nash is as follows : " It is a common practice nowadays among a sort of shifting companions that run through every...Noverint, whereto they were born, and busy themselves with endeavours of art, that could scarcely Latinize their neck bone if they should have need ; yet English...

...his preface to Greene's Menaphon, may apply to Shakspere, ' It is a Common practice nowadays among a sort of shifting companions, that run through every...none, to leave the trade of Noverint whereto they were bom [ie that of an attorney's clerk, so called because legal documents generally began Noverint universi]...

...public provoked the criticism of Thomas Nash in his preface to Greene's Menaphon, published in 1589: "It is a common practice nowadays amongst a sort of...that run through every art and thrive by none, to learn the trade of Noverint, wherein they were born, and busy themselves with the endeavours of art,...