"[A]s wee apparaile our selves in Beastes skinnes, in self same sort we clothe our soules in theyr sinnes"
— Nashe, Thomas (bap. 1567, d. c. 1601)
Work Title
Date
1593
Metaphor
"[A]s wee apparaile our selves in Beastes skinnes, in self same sort we clothe our soules in theyr sinnes"
Metaphor in Context
If wee has the witte to conceive the baseness of sinne, of from what abject Parentage it is sprung, we should hate it as a Toade, and fly from it as an Adder. Not without reason have manie learned Wryters called it Bestiall, for it is derived and borrowed from Beastes. Pride and inflammation of hart we borrow from the Lion, avarice from the Hedghog, luxury, ryot and sensuality from the Hogge: and therefore we call a leatcherous person a boarish companion. Envy form the Dogge, Ire or wrath from the Wolfe, Gluttony or gurmandise from the Beare, and lastly sloth from the Asse. So that as wee apparaile our selves in Beastes skinnes, in self same sort we clothe our soules in theyr sinnes.
Categories
Provenance
Reading Bamborough's The Little World of Man (19)
Citation
Bamborough gives the following citation: Nashe, Thomas. Works. ed. R. B. McKerrow, Oxford, 1904. pp. 112-3.
Date of Entry
07/15/2004
Date of Review
12/03/2008
