his enterprises, like the ballast of a galleon; – his understanding, like a tattered breviary; – his intellect, like snails slithering out of a bed of strawberries; – his will, like three walnuts in a bowl; – his desires, like six bales of holy-hay; – his judgement, like a shoe-horn; – his discernment, like a mitten; – his reason, like a cushion-stool.’
