Vox et præterea nihil

In a work entitled *Proverbiorum et Sententiarum Persicarum Centuria*, a Levino Warnero, published at Amsterdam, 1644, the XCVII. proverb, which is given in the Persian character, is thus rendered in Latin,— "Tympanum magnum edit clangorem, sed intus vacuum est." And the note upon it is as follows:— "Dicitur de iis, qui pleno ore vanas suas laudes ebuccinant. Eleganter Lacon quidam de luscinia dixit,— Φωνα τυ τις εσσι και ουδεν αλλο, Vox tu quidem es et aliud nihil." This must be the phrase quoted by Burton.