Eliza as Virgin Diana, the Moon Goddess
| Fal. Marry, then, sweet wag, when thou art king, let not us that are squires of the night’s body be called thieves of the day’s beauty: let us be Diana’s foresters, gentlemen of the shade, minions of the moon; and let men say, we be men of good government, being governed as the sea is, by our noble and chaste mistress the moon, under whose countenance we steal. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Prince. Thou sayest well, and it holds well too; for the fortune of us that are the moon’s men doth ebb and flow like the sea, being governed as the sea is, by the moon…
–Henry IV, Part 1, Act I, sc. 2
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The forsaken poet looks elsewhere for romance as (Tudor ) green livery is to be worn by ‘none but fools.’