82 FLORA'S LEXICON. 



ENNEL. Anethum. Class 5, Pentandria. 

 Order : Digynia. The gladiators mingled 

 this plant with their food, from a supposi- 

 tion that it tended to increase their strength. 

 After the games were over, the conqueror 

 was crowned with a wreath of fennel. The 

 Romans named the plant anethum. 



STRENGTH. 



One fire drives out another; one nail, one nail; 

 Rights by rights founder, strengths by strengths do fail. 



Shakspeare. 



Hercules himself must yield to odds ; 



And many strokes, though with a battle-axe, 



Hew down and fell the hardest timber'd oak. 



Shakspeare. 



Blood hath bought blood, and blows have answer'd blows; 

 Strength match'd with strength, and power confronted power. 



Shakspeare. 



All the soul 

 Of man is resolution ; which expires 

 Never from valiant men, till their last breath ; 

 And then with it, like a flame extinguish'd 

 For want of matter ; it does not die, but 

 Rather ceases to live. 



Chapman. 



If your resolutions be like mine, 



We will yet give our sorrows a brave end. 



Justice is for us, so may fortune be : 



I'm a bright proof of her inconstancy. 



But if no god will lend us any aid, 



Let us be gods, and fortune to ourselves. 



Crown. 



