Texts: 1597, MS, 1612, 1625

1. For cleverness.

2. Suggest the topic of conversation.

3. Take charge of the discussion.

4. Of what is of current and temporary interest with subjects of lasting significance.

5. Work a subject to death.

6. An inclination which needs to be.

7. Spare the whip, boy, and pull harder on the reins (Ovid, Metamorphoses, II.127).

8. Pungent wit.

9. Please.