p. 351. p. 352. p. 353. p. 354. p. 355. in the ooze": The old editions, "in the oare.” Steevens' correction. "And aye-remaining lamps": The old editions, "And ayre remaining," &c., which Malone corrected. tin coffin." the satin coffer": - The old editions, "the sat "Alter thy course for Tyre": i. e., alter thy course, which is now for Tyre, thither to Tarsus. SCENE II. "And all-to topple": i. e., entirely, altogether. Hitherto printed, "And all to topple," or "And all to-topple." I held it ever : - The old editions, "I hold," &c. "Or tie my treasure":— The old editions, "my pleas ure." "To please the Fool and Death": See the Note on "thou art Death's Fool," Measure for Measure, Act III. Sc. 1. as never shall decay" : So the old copies, except the 4to. of 1609, which has, "as time shall never," where some word is plainly lacking. Mr. Dyce reads, "as time shall never raze. The vial once more : Cerimon's call for music might lead us to suppose that we should read, "This viol," &c., were it not that he has but just issued the order, and so would not say, the viol once more. "Breathes out of her": — - The old copies, "Breath out," &c. SCENE III. though they hurt you mortally":— The 4tos., "though they haunt," &c.; the folio of 1664, "hate." Steevens corrected this misprint, and also "wondringly" for "wanderingly," in the next line. "Unscissar'd shall this hair," &c. : -The old copies, “ Unsisterd,” &c.; and in the next line, "Though I show will in't." p. 356. SCENE IV. ୨୨ "Even on my yeaning time The 4tos. misprint, "my learning time," which in the folio of 1664 was changed to "my eaning time." p. 361. ACT FOURTH. The "Which makes her both the heart and place": old copies, "Which makes hic both the art and place.” Steevens made the corrections. "And in this kind," &c.: Steevens restored this pas sage, which in the old copies appears with these transpositions : "And in this kinde, our Cleon hath A daughter and a full growne wench.” "Even ripe for marriage-rite":— Percy's correction. The old copies, "for marriage sight. Note on Sc. 2. the sleided silk”: — i. e., untwisted. See the "the ravell'd sleave of care," Macbeth, Act II. with sharp needle wound": — Here needle' is to be pronounced as a monosyllable, neeld, as it was often written. the night-bird mute": The old copies, "the night-bed mute.' Only I carry": The old editions, "Only I carried; the MS. perhaps having, as Mr. Dyce suggests, “I carrie.” 66 SCENE I. Let not conscience” : — This passage, as far as "too nicely," is hopelessly corrupted. Corrupted. for her only mistress' death": Percy would have read, "her old nurse's death.” Shall, as a carpet, hang," &c.: i. e., as drapery. Table covers, and articles of like kind and use, were called carpets. Floors, it will be remembered, were covered with rushes. Malone corrected the old "From stem to stern misprint, "From stern to stern.' "Wherein my death might yield her profit, or," &c.: old copies, p. 362. "Wherein my death might yield her any profit, tom to mark a new Scene. Here it has been the cus But plainly Leonine steals back after the pirates have dragged Marina off. SCENE II. p. 363. p. 367. p. 368. "Ay, to a leaven" : -- - Hitherto printed, "to eleven ; but the intended pun is unmistakable. As to "aleven in the previous speech, which gives Boult his cue, see the Note on "aleven widows," Merchant of Venice, Act II. Sc. 2. Ay, she quickly poop'd him":- - Should we not read, 'popp'd him '? (6 SCENE III. Becoming well thy fact": The old editions, "thy face," which was left for Mr. Dyce to correct. 66 the pious innocent": The old copies, "the impious innocent." Monck Mason's proposal to read pious' for 'impious' is supported by the language of Wilkins' novel. 66 Though not his pre-consent" : The old copies, "his prince consent." The emendation, which is Steevens', may not restore the original. "She did distain my child": The old copies, "She did disdain,” &c. But as Marina was far from disdaining Philoten, there can be little doubt as to the correctness of Steevens' slight emendation. to take your imagination":-The old copies, "our imagination." tions this and the four following lines are thus transposed: "Old Helicanus goes along behind, Is left to gouerne it, you beare in mind, Old Escenes, whom Hellicanus late Aduancde in time to great and hie estate. while our scene must play": The old copies, "our steare" Malone saw. SCENE V. p. 372. "Bawd. For flesh and blood, sir,” &c.: This speech and the next but one have been hitherto assigned to Boult. But in his mouth they are quite out of character. The affectation of modesty past a certain point, and the garrulous comparison of Marina to a rose, are traits of a woman and a bawd. And the conclusion to which they lead is confirmed by the old harridan's pursuit of the floral metaphor upon the entrance of Marina. "" Here comes that which grows to the stalk." The error is quite surely the result of the use of B. for both prefixes in the old copies. Boult plainly goes out in obedience to the Governor's request that the Bawd should call forth" the girl of whom she speaks. p. 374. p. 377. 66 and so stand aloof” : --- The old editions have the obvious misprint, " stand aloft." 66 Any of these ways," &c.: This line, and the four which follow it, are much mutilated by transpositions and corruptions in the old editions. The text is the fruit of Steevens' ingenuity. p. 382. ACT FIFTH. "Her inkle":- A kind of tape. "Where we left him on the sea: we there him lost" : So the 4to. of 1609, except that it has "left for 'lost' an easy misprint, which Malone corrected. Subsequent old copies, "We left him there tumbled and tost." 66 SCENE I. that one mortal night":- The old editions, "mortal wight," which Malone corrected. “And so inflict our province afflict," &c., as Mr. Dyce reads. "Is 't not a goodly presence?" "a goodly present." 66 Perhaps, "And so - In the old editions, The old editions, that consists in bounty and artificial feat": - The old editions, " and artificial fate" a mere phonographic error, which Percy corrected. p. 382. p. 383. “ Marina sings" :-"No song," says Mr. Collier, "is given in the play; but according to the novel founded upon Pericles, the following is what is sung by Marina":"Amongst the harlots foule I walke; Yet harlot none am I; The Rose amongst the Thornes doth grow, The Thiefe that stole me sure I thinke, Is slaine before this time. A bawde me bought, yet am I not Defilde by fleshly crime: Nothing were pleasanter to me, I am the issue of a King, My blood from Kings dooth flow: In time the heauens may mend my state, And send a better day, For sorrow addes unto our griefes, But helps not any way: Shew gladness in your countenance, Cast up your cheerefull eies, That God remaines that once of nought But this song is found, with very slight variation, in "Per scorta [heu!] gradior, sed scorti conscia non sum, ; "Here of these shores? Here, and in the next line, the old editions have "shewes; for the obvious correction of which very obvious misprint Malone obsequiously compliments an "ingenious" Earl of Charlemont. |