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To give reason for fancy were to weigh the fire, and measure the wind.

John Lyly
Fire, Wind, Giving
John Lyly, Leah Scragg (2003). “John Lyly 'Euphues: the Anatomy of Wit' and 'Euphues and His England': An Annotated, Modern-Spelling Edition”, p.87, Manchester University Press
To give reason for fancy were to weigh the fire, and measure the wind.