Shakespeare,

ALTAR.

Her grace rose, and with modest paces Came to the altar : where she kneeld, and, saint-like, Cast her fair eyes to heaven, and pray'd devoutly.

Henry VIII. iv. I.

AMEN.

Now I pray God-Amen!

HENRY VIII. ii. 3.

God save the King !—Will no man say Amen ?
Am I both priest and clerk ?-Well then, Amen!

RICHARD II. iv. 1.

One cried God bless us ! and Amen! the other.

I could not say Amen
When they did say God bless us.-

But wherefore could I not pronounce Amen?
I had most need of blessing.

MACBETH, ii. 2.

AMENDS.
Now, Lord, be thanked for my good amends !

TAMING OF THE SHREW (Induction).

God amend us, God amend ! we are much out o' the way.

LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST, iv. 3.

Holy vurit.

ALTAR.

He said unto Judah, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem.

2 KINGS, xviii.

AMEN. O Lord ! be merciful unto me, and raise me up! Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting ! Amen, and Amen!

Blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save King Solomon! And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, answered and said, Amen!

1 KINGS, i.

Praise ye the Lord ! blessed are they that keep his judgments ! Blessed be the Lord God of Israel ! and let all the people say Amen!

AMENDS. And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done.

LEVITICUS, V.

Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways.

JEREMIAH, vii.

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Shakespeare,

AMBITION.

That spirit of his,
In aspiration, lifts him from the earth.

TROILUS AND CRESSIDA, iv. 5.

Fling away ambition,
By that sin fell the angels : how can man, then,
The image of his Maker, hope to win by it?

HENRY VIII. iii. 2.

ANGEL.
And her immortal part with angels lives.

ROMEO AND JULIET, v. 1.

I tell thee, churlish priest,
A ministring angel shall my sister be,
When thou liest howling.

HAMLET, v. 1.

With angel-like perfection.

Two GENTLEMEN OP VERONA, ii. 4.

If angels fight,
Weak men must fall, for Heaven still guards the right.

RICHARD II. iii. 2.

ANT. We 'll set thee to school to an ant, to teach thee there's no labouring in the winter.

KING LEAR, ii. 4.

Holy Qurit.

AMBITION. Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time.

1 PETER, V.

The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low.

ANGEL. He shall give His angels charge over thee; to keep thee in all thy ways.

PSALM Xci.

Of the angels He saith, Who maketh His angels spirits. Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation ?

HEBREWS, i.

Wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God.

2 SAMUEL, xiv.

Bless the Lord, ye His angels, that excel in strength, that do His Commandments !-As for man, his days are as grass : as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

ANT. The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer.

PROVERBS, xxx.

Shakespeare,

ANSWER.

By the eternal God! whose name and power
Thou tremblest at, answer that I shall ask!

APPEAL. (PRAYER.)
But this lies all within the will of God,
To whom I do appeal !

HENRY V. i. 2.

For we have now no thought in us, but France,
Save those to God.

HENRY V. i. 2.

APPEASE.

O God ! if my deep prayers cannot appease Thee,
But Thou wilt be aveng'd on my misdeeds,
Yet execute Thy wrath on me alone!

RICHARD III. i. 4.

ARK.

There is, sure, another flood toward, and these couples are coming to the ark !

AS YOU LIKE IT, v. 4.

ARMOUR.
To reach at victory above my head,
Add proof unto mine armour with thy prayers ;
And with thy blessings steel my lance's point.

RICHARD II. i. 3.

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