...proveth well" (3 Henry VI, 4.1.18) or in Count Orsino's advice in Twelfth Night Let still the woman take An elder than herself. So wears she to him; So sways she level in her husband's heart. (2.4.28-30) Of course, each of these lines has a specific dramatic context, but they were all written...

...What years, i'faith? VIOLA About your years, my lord. DUKE Too old, by heaven: let still the woman take An elder than herself; so wears she to him, So sways she level in her husband's heart: 30 For, boy, however we do praise ourselves, Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm, More longing, wavering,...

...Duke and the disguised Viola, which contains the following lines spoken by the Duke : Let the woman take An elder than herself; so wears she to him, So sways she level in her husband's heart. And a little later : Then let thy love be younger than thyself, Or thy affection cannot hold the bent;...

...although it may not have been a union of conventional bliss, it was never dull. Let still the woman take An elder than herself: so wears she to him, So sways she level in her husband's heart; For, boy, however we do praise ourselves, Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm, More longing, wavering,...

...for me to untie! Act II Scene IV Orsino Gives Advice to Viola Too old by heaven, let still the woman take An elder than herself. So wears she to him, So sways she level in her husband's heart. For, boy, however we do praise ourselves, Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm, More longing, wavering,...