[R]eligion […] here consists almost entirely of external show and gewgawry, of bowings, courtesies, and various gesticulations […] .

A portion of the fermented paste may be mixed with three parts of water and boiled, resulting in an absit.

[…] both his cheeks / Were hot and scarlet as the first live rose / The shepherd’s heart-blood ebbed away into, / The faster for his love.

This people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing.