The casket of gold (Chosen by Prince of Morocco) contained a skull
with a scroll in it that read:
"All that glisters is not gold;
Often have you heard that told.
Many a man his life hath sold
But my outside to behold,
Gilded tombs do worms enfold.
Had you been as wise as bold,
Young in limbs, in judgment old,
Your answer had not been in-scroll.
Many a man his life hath sold
But my outside to behold,
Gilded tombs do worms enfold.
Had you been as wise as bold,
Young in limbs, in judgment old,
Your answer had not been in-scroll.
Fare you well; your suit is cold."
This gold casket's skull and scroll represents simply the cliched moral
that one should never judge a book by its cover, for inside the gold it
could very well be a gross skull that belongs in the tomb.
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