Vain to chide for what is o'er, Plan to meet what's yet in store.

how they chided with themselves, That they had let him in; To see him grow so monstrous now, That came so small and thin.

If chid by censor, friendly though severe, To such explain and turn thee not away.

"For what had he to do to chide at me?"Shak. 6.

"I may fairly expect to be chidden by thee for having suffered thee to be vexed by them (Wilmot being already there, Percy on his way, and Sussex within a few days of taking his journey), but that I know thou carest not for a little trouble to free me from great inconvenience.

Leo Afer, lib. 3. de Fessa urbe, Ortelius and Zuinger, confirm as much: they are ordinarily so choleric in their speeches, that scarce two words pass without railing or chiding in common talk, and often quarrelling in their streets.