nounces his brother's forgiveness, see Abbott, § 232, and lines 130-132 of this scene. 76. remorse, tender feeling. Compare King John, iv. 3. 110, And he, long traded in it, makes it seem Like rivers of remorse and innocency.' Ib. who. The folios have 'whom.' See iii. 3. 92, and v. I. 136. 77. pinches, pangs. Compare Cymbeline, i. 2. 130, There cannot be a pinch in death More sharp than this is.' 81. the reasonable shore, the shore of reason which has just been, by another figure, compared to clear water covered with a scum of ignorant fumes. 82. Not one, &c, For the omission of 'there is' compare Richard III, ii. 1. 84, 'No one in this presence But his red colour hath forsook his cheeks.' 85. discase me, strip off my disguise. See Winter's Tale, iv. 4. 648, 'Therefore discase thee instantly,-thou must think there's a necessity in't,—and change garments with this gentleman.' 'Case' was the technical term for the skin of a beast. Compare Twelfth Night, v. 1. 168, 'O thou dissembling cub! what wilt thou be When time hath sow'd a grizzle on thy case?' Hence it was applied to a dress, as in Measure for Measure, ii. 4. 13, 'O place, O form, How often dost thou with thy case, thy habit, Wrench awe from fools.' And hence the verb is used in the sense of 'disguise' in 1 Henry IV, ii. 2. 55, Case ye, case ye; on with your vizards.' 86. sometime, once, formerly. See Hamlet, i. 2. 8, Therefore our sometime sister, now our queen.' Ib. Milan. 89. a cowslip's bell. Compare Drayton, Nymphidia, 115, At mid night the appointed hower, And for the Queene a fitting Bower, (Quoth he) is that faire Cowslip flower, 90, 91. Capell pointed these lines thus, 92. summer. There I couch: when owls do cry, Theobald reads 'sunset.' 95. that's my dainty Ariel. See i. 2. 215. 98, 99. See i. 2. 230. IOI. presently. See i. 2. 125. 102. drink the air. Compare 2 Henry IV, i. 1. 47, 'He seem'd in running to devour the way.' The expression 'drink the air' but in a different sense occurs in Venus and Adonis, 273, His nostrils drink the air.' 103. Or ere. See i. 2. II. III. Whether. The folios print "Where.' For instances of whether' used metrically as a monosyllable, see Abbott, § 466, and Julius Cæsar, i. 1. 66, 'See whether their basest metal be not moved.' 112. trifle, an insubstantial thing, a phantom. Compare 'vanity' in iv. I. 41. This meaning of the word must have been in Shakespeare's mind when he wrote, Othello, iii. 3. 322, 'Trifles light as air Are to the jealous confirmations strong As proofs of holy writ.' Ib. abuse, deceive. See Webster, Duchess of Malfi, iii. 1, Away! these are mere gulleries, horrid things, Invented by some cheating mountebanks To abuse us.' 113. I not know. See v. 1. 38. 6 117. An if this be at all, if this have any real existence. For An if' the folios print And if,' as in Matthew xxiv. 48, But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart,' &c. See note on 'or ere,' i. 2. 11. Ib. For 'be' in the sense of 'have a real existence,' see Bacon's Advancement of Learning, ii. 14, § 9, 'Yet the cogitations of man do feign unto them relatives, parallels, and conjugates, whereas no such thing is.' See also below, lines 122, 123. 118. Thy dukedom I resign, which Antonio had made a fief of Naples. See i. 2. 123-127, ii. 1. 1c6, 107. 119. my wrongs, the wrongs I have done. See 1. 25. 123. taste, experience. Compare Timon of Athens, i. 1. 285, And not a man of them that we shall take 124. subtilties, like 'vanity,' in iv. 1. 41. The word, which is borrowed from the language of cookery, was most probably suggested by the word 'taste' which precedes. It denoted a device in pastry and confectionery work such as is described by Fabyan in his account of the feast at the Coronation of Katharine queen of Henry V (Chronicle, ed. 1542, ii. 366), 'And a sotyltye called a Pellycane syttyng on his nest with he byrdes, and an ymage of saynte Katheryne holdyng a boke and disputyng with the doctoures.' 128. justify, prove. See All's Well that Ends Well, iv. 3. 64, 'How is this justified?' And Winter's Tale, i. 2. 278, Say't and justify 't.' 136. who. The first folio has 'whom.' See above, 1. 76. 139. woe. Compare Antony and Cleopatra, iv. 14. 133, Woe, woe are we.' And Cymbeline, v. 5. 2, ' Woe is my heart'; though this is not clearly a parallel case. Again, in Cymbeline, v. 5. 297, if the reading of the first folio be correct, I am sorrow for thee.' 145. As great to me as late, as great to me as it is recent. 146. dear loss. See ii. 1. 130. 154. do so much admire, are so much astonished. Compare Twelfth Night, iii. 4. 165, 'Wonder not, nor admire not in thy mind, why I do call thee so.' 164. relation, narration. See Pericles, v. I. 124, 'I will believe thee, And make my senses credit thy relation.' 174. a score of kingdoms, not only for the world, but for a game in which the score is reckoned by kingdoms. Or 'score' may be used in its ordinary sense. Ib. you should wrangle. The usage of 'should' and 'would' in this sentence becomes like our own by a very slight change, 'for a score of kingdoms should you wrangle I would call it fair play.' This is merely an illustration of the manner in which the sentence would be changed in adopting it to modern habit. Another modern form would be obtained by substituting 'might' for 'should.' Ib. wrangle. Cotgrave gives (Fr. Dict.), 'Noiser. To brawle, chide, scould, brabble, squabble, wrangle, brangle, fall at odds, or be at variance, with.' The folios have a comma at 'kingdoms.' 199. remembrance. The folios read 'remembrances.' The morning's danger.' 201. spoke. See iv. 1. 31. 216. In the Stage direction 'amazedly' signifies in a state of bewilderment. Compare Midsummer Night's Dream, iv. I. 143, 'My lord, I shall reply amazedly, Half sleep, half waking.' Ib. here is. Compare Cymbeline, iv. 2. 371, 'There is no more such masters.' And see note on i. I. 15. 217. See i. 1. 27. 223. glasses. See i. 2. 240. 224. tight, free from leaks. See Taming of the Shrew, ii. 1. 381, 'Besides two galliases And twelve tight galleys.' Ib. yare. See i. 1. 3. Ib. bravely. See i. 2. 6. 226. tricksy, full of tricks, sportive. Compare Merchant of Venice, iii. 5. 74, 'That for a tricksy word Defy the matter.' It also signifies 'trim, neatly adorned.' 230. of sleep. Malone takes this as equivalent to 'on sleep,' or ' asleep.' 234. mo. See ii. I. 128. 238. on a trice, in an instant. In Spanish en un tris signifies 'in a moment.' Compare King Lear, i. 2. 219, 'Should in this trice of time Commit a thing so monstrous.' And Cymbeline, v. 4. 171, 'It sums up thousands in a trice.' 240. moping. To 'mope' is originally to be dimsighted, but is applied to dullness of sense generally. Compare Hamlet, iii. 4. 81, ་ Eyes without feeling, feeling without sight, Ears without hands or eyes, smelling sans all, Or but a sickly part of one true sense Could not so mope.' 244. conduct, conductor, guide, escort. See Romeo and Juliet, iii. 1. 129, Away to heaven, respective lenity, And fire-eyed fury be my conduct now!' And Richard II, iv. 1. 157, 'I will be his conduct.' 245. Sir, my liege. Compare Winter's Tale, v. I. 224, Your eye hath too much youth in 't.' 246. infest, disturb, vex. Cotgrave (Fr. Dict.) gives 'Infester. To infest, annoy, molest.' Ib. beating. See i. 2. 176, and iv. 1. 163. 247. pick'd, selected; and so appropriate. 248. single, by myself. See Timon of Athens, v. I. 110, Each man apart, all single and alone.' Ib. resolve you, answer your questions. See Measure for Measure, iii. I. 194, 'I am now going to resolve him.' 249. Which to you shall seem probable. The antecedent to 'which' is Prospero's solution of the mystery implied in 'I'll resolve you.' See Abbott, § 271. 6 Ib. every. So 'each' is used for 'all,' or each one of.' See Winter's Fale, ii. 3. 35, 'At each his needless heavings.' Again iv. 4. 143. Compare lso Antony and Cleopatra, i. 3. 36, None our parts.' See Abbott, § 12. 250. These happen'd accidents. For a similar use of the participle see Bacon's Advancement of Learning, i. 8, § 1 (ed. Wright, p. 67), 'To accept of nothing but examined and tried;' that is, that which is examined and :ried. 253. Untie the spell, by which their senses were knit up. See i. 2. 486, and iii. 3. 89. 255. odd, unreckoned, unnoticed. See i. 2. 223. 257. Coragio. So All's Well that Ends Well, ii. 5. 97, 'Bravely, coragio!' 258. bully, a cant word in frequent use in Shakespeare's time. See Merry Wives of Windsor, i. 3. 6, 'Discard, bully Hercules; cashier: let them wag; trot, trot.' 259. true, honest. See Venus and Adonis, 724, Rich preys make true men thieves.' 261. Setebos. See i. 2. 374. 268. true. See above, 1. 259. 269, 270. and one so strong That could control the moon. See below, line 315, and Troilus and Cressida, v. 2. 121. The personal pronoun is omitted as in the following passage of Spenser, Fairy Queen, i. 1. 7, 'Whose loftie trees, yclad with sommers pride, Did spred so broad, that heavens light did hide.' 271. deal in her command without her power. Malone understands this to mean, exercise the same influence as the moon, and act as her vicegerent, without being empowered to do so. But Mr. Staunton more properly interprets 'without her power,' as meaning 'beyond her power,' and refers to Midsummer Night's Dream, iv. I. 150, 'Our intent Was to be gone from Athens, where we might, Compare also 2 Corinthians x. 13, 'But we will not boast of things without our measure.' And Chapman, Bussy D'Ambois (Works, ii. 65), Not I, it is a worke, without my power.' 279. reeling ripe. Compare weeping ripe,' Love's Labour's Lost, v. 2. 274, ‘The king was weeping-ripe for a good word.' And Sidney's Arcadia (ed. 1598), i. p. 61, ‘But Lalus (euen weeping ripe) went among the rest. See also Beaumont and Fletcher, Woman's Prize, i. I, 'Being drunk and tumbling ripe.' And in the same play, ii. 1, 'He's like little children That lose their baubles, crying ripe.' |