The Tragedy of Hamlet,Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare
皮肉屋曰く、
老人は白ひげ しわだらけ、
目はひどいヤニ目、
頭はぼけ 足腰は弱い、
そうだろうがこれはいいすぎだ、
君も存外若返らぬものではない。
Hamlet→Polonius
LORD POLONIUS I mean, the matter that you read, my lord.
HAMLET Slanders, sir: for the satirical rogue says here that old men have grey beards, that their faces are wrinkled, their eyes purging thick amber and plum-tree gum and that they have a plentiful lack of wit, together with most weak hams: all which, sir, though I most powerfully and potently believe, yet I hold it not honesty to have it thus set down, for yourself, sir, should be old as I am, if like a crab you could go backward.
LORD POLONIUS [Aside] Though this be madness, yet there is method in 't. Will you walk out of the air, my lord?