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The Volpone Scene 1.1 (A Room in Volpone's House)
MOS: And besides, sir, You are not like a **[|thresher]** that [|**doth**] stand With a huge flail, watching a heap of corn, And, hungry, dares not taste the smallest grain, But feeds on mallows, and such bitter herbs; Nor like the merchant, who hath fill'd his vaults With ** Romagnia **, and rich Candian wines, Yet drinks the lees of Lombard's vinegar: You will not lie in straw, **[|whilst]** moths and worms Feed on your **[|sumptuous]** hangings and soft beds; You know the use of riches, and dare give now From that bright heap, to me, your poor observer, Or to your dwarf, or your **[|hermaphrodite] ,** Your **[|eunuch]**, or what other household-trifle Your pleasure allows maintenance.   Mos is decribing a person that he is an average man who will never get any poorer than his current state. In this stanza (?) he uses a lot of metaphors in his writing, which is pretty much what most of the play writers done during that time.

The Last Line of //Volpone//
VOLPONE: The seasoning of a play, is the applause. Now, though the Fox be punish'd by the laws, He yet doth hope, there is no suffering due, For any fact which he hath done 'gainst you; If there be, **[|censure]** him; here he doubtful stands: If not, [|**fare**] **[|jovially]**, and clap your hands.

This stanza is a narrative form and also at the same time asking for an applause from the audience. It stated that the criminal has been punished and now it is the end of the show. Please give a hand to these actors in the play. This type of ending is also happening today, but clapping hands turned out to be what people do by themselves when a great show is done.

Source for the texts: http://www.gradesaver.com/volpone/e-text/section4/