FLORA'S LEXICON. -01 



A U ARISK. Tamarix. Class 5, Pentan- 

 dria. Order: Trigymv. It was a cus- 

 tom with the Romans, to p»t wreaths of 

 this flexible plant on the heads of crimi- 

 nals ; and hence they mention it as the ac- 

 cursed or unhappy tamarisk, from which 

 we have devised the emblem. 

 Criminal love engenders deeds of wickedness that too fre- 

 quently deserve the wreath of tamarisk. 



CRIME. 



All have not offended: 



For those that were, it is not square to take 



On those that are, revenge: crimes, like to lands, 



Are not inherited. 



Shakspeare. 



Where sits the offence, 

 Let the fault's punishment be derived from thence. 



MlDDLETON. 



Nor custom, nor example, nor vast numbers 

 Of such as do offend, make less the sin ; 

 For each particular crime a strict account 

 Will be exacted; and that comfort, which 

 The damn'd pretend, follows in misery, 

 Takes nothing from their torments : ev'ry one 

 Must suffer in himself the measure of 

 His wickedness. 



Massinger. 



The laws are sinfully contrived. Justice 

 Should weigh the present crime, not future 

 Inference on deeds; but now they cheapen 

 Blood ; 't is spilt 

 To punish the example, not the guilt. 



Davenant. 



