Ben Jonson wrote a poem in praise of a knight fallen in the battle of the Isle of Rhe in 1627. One of the words is incomprehensible to me and I need your help for a book. I'll quote just four lines for context: "That thou art all their valour, all thy spirit, And thine own greatness to increase thy merit, Than thou, I do not know a SHITER soul, Nor could I, had I all nature's roll." There are sixteen lines in total. The word is SHITER, whose meaning escapes me. It's doubtful that it is a typo. Gary

It's got to be 'surer', hasn't it? Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: <GaryIvoDe@aol.com> To: <OLD-ENGLISH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 10:35 PM Subject: [OEL] Ben Jonson Poem > Ben Jonson wrote a poem in praise of a knight fallen in the battle of the > Isle of Rhe > in 1627. One of the words is incomprehensible to me and I need your help for > a > book. I'll quote just four lines for context: > > "That thou art all their valour, all thy spirit, > And thine own greatness to increase thy merit, > Than thou, I do not know a SHITER soul, > Nor could I, had I all nature's roll." > > There are sixteen lines in total. The word is SHITER, whose meaning escapes > me. > It's doubtful that it is a typo. > > Gary > > > ==== OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List ==== > OLD-ENGLISH Web Page > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ > >