"In this respect [conscience] may fitly be compared to a notarie, or a register that hath alwaies the penne in his hand, to note and record whatsoeuer is saide or done: who also because he keepes the rolles and records of the court, can tell what hath bin said and done many hundred yeares past."
— Perkins, William (1558-1602)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
Cambridge
Publisher
Printed by John Legate
Date
1596
Metaphor
"In this respect [conscience] may fitly be compared to a notarie, or a register that hath alwaies the penne in his hand, to note and record whatsoeuer is saide or done: who also because he keepes the rolles and records of the court, can tell what hath bin said and done many hundred yeares past."
Metaphor in Context
The manner that conscience vseth in giuing testimonie standes in two things. First it obserues and takes notice of all things that we doe: secondly, it doth inwardly and secretly within the heart, tell vs of them all. In this respect it may fitly be compared to a notarie, or a register that hath alwaies the penne in his hand, to note and record whatsoeuer is saide or done: who also because he keepes the rolles and records of the court, can tell what hath bin said and done many hundred yeares past.
(pp. 7-8)
(pp. 7-8)
Provenance
Reading
Citation
Perkins, William. A Discourse of Conscience. Cambridge: Printed by John Legate, 1596. <Link to EEBO>
Date of Entry
01/11/2010
