Heir-Loom: Quotations from Shakespearian Quotations
Of six preceding ancestors, that gem Conferr'd by testament to the sequent issue, Hath it been own'd and worn. A. W. v.3 It is an honour 'longing to our house, Bequeathed down from many ancestors. Which were the greatest obloquy i' the world, In me to lose.— A. W. iv. 2