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Rh natures; while Portia and Nerissa preach a neat little sermon on the text 'Nothing is good without respect,' with musical illustrations of the powerful influence of time and place—e.g., the silence of night, makes the music sound sweeter than by day; the crow sings as well as the lark, if the circumstances favour the crow, or if the lark is not present to give immediate comparison; and even the nightingale's song is no better than the wren's, 'by day, when every goose is cackling.'

As You $4⁄1, 13$.

Measure for Measure $4⁄1, 12$. Enter Duke, disguised as a friar (after Song).

Merchant $5⁄1, 66$. Enter musicians.