Vox et præterea nihil

The allusion to this proverb, quoted as if from the *Anatomy of Melancholy*, by "C.W.G." (No. 16. p. 247.), may be found in Addison's *Spectator*, No. 61, where it is as follows:— "In short, one may say of the pun as the countryman described his nightingale—that it is '*vox et præterea nihil*.'" The origin of the proverb is still a desideratum.