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IOLET, WHITE. Viola Lactea. Class 5, 

 PENTANDRIA. Order: MONOGYNIA. Can- 

 dour precedes modesty, of which the blue 

 violet is frequently used as the emblem. 

 The white violet is the same flower, still 

 clothed in the robes of innocence. It is 

 rarer than the common violet, and as pretty. 



CANDOUR. 



Make my breast 



Transparent as pure crystal, that the world, 

 Jealous of me, may see the foulest thought 

 My heart does hold. 



BUCKINGHAM. 



You talk to me in parables: 

 You may have known that I'm no wordy man; 

 Fine speeches are the instruments of knaves 

 Or fools that use them, when they want good sense; 

 But honesty 

 Needs no disguise nor ornament : be plain. 



OTWAY. 



The brave do never shun the light ; 

 Just are their thoughts, and open are their tempers; 

 Truly without disguise they love or hate; 

 Still are they found in the fair face of day, 

 And heaven and men are judges of their actions. 



ROWE. 



'Tis great 'tis manly to disdain disguise; 

 It shows our spirit, or it proves our strength. 



YOUNG. 



Her words are trusty heralds to her mind. 



FORD. 



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