Careful Words

parcel (n.)

parcel (v.)

Men's judgments are

A parcel of their fortunes; and things outward

Do draw the inward quality after them,

To suffer all alike.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Antony and Cleopatra. Act iii. Sc. 13.

  Thou didst swear to me upon a parcel-gilt goblet, sitting in my Dolphin-chamber, at the round table, by a sea-coal fire, upon Wednesday in Wheeson week.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Henry IV. Part II. Act ii. Sc. 1.