Question

Notice writing on distribution of books

Answer 1

The inscription on the outside of the silver chest reads, "Who chooseth me shall get as much as he deserves." The inside contains a picture of an "idiot," with a nasty little note: "So be gone: you are sped. / Still more fool I shall appear / By the time I linger here / With one fool's head I came to woo, / But I go away with two" (2.9.78-82). In other words, whoever chooses the silver casket is a fool who'll get what he deserves (a picture of another fool).