THAI. The third of Antioch; And his device, a wreath of ceivalry: [The fourth Knight passes. SIM. What is the fourth? THAI. A burning torch, that's turned upside down; The word, Quod me alit, me extinguit. SIM. Which shows, that beauty hath his power and will, Which can as well inflame, as it can kill. [The fifth Knight passes. THAI. The fifth, an hand environed with clouds; Holding out gold, that's by the touchstone tried: The motto thus, Sic spectanda fides. 6 Me pompa provexit apex.] All the old copies have-Me Pompey, &c. Whether we should amend these words as follows -me pompæ provexit apex,- —or correct them thus-me Pompei provexit apex, I confess my ignorance. A wreath of chivalry, in its common sense, might be the desert of many knights on many various occasions; so that its particular claim to honour on the present one is not very clearly ascertained.-If the wreath declares of itself that it was once the ornament of Pompey's helm, perhaps here may be some allusion to those particular marks of distinction which he wore after his bloodless victory over the Cilician pirates: "Et victis cedat piratica laurea Gallis." STEEVENS. Steevens is clearly right in reading pompa, instead of Pompey, and the meaning of the Knight in the choice of his device and motto seems to have been, to declare that he was not incited by love to enter the lists, but by the desire of glory, and the ambition of obtaining the wreath of victory which Thaisa was to bestow upon the conqueror. M. MASON. See these devices fully explained by Mr. Douce, Illustrations of Shakspeare, vol. ii. p. 125. BosWELL. 7 What is the fourth ?] i. e. What is the fourth device. MALONE. 8 A burning torch, &c.] This device and motto may have been taken from Daniel's translation of Paulus Jovius, in 1585, in which they are found. Signat. H. 7. b. MALONE. The same idea occurs again in King Henry VI. Part I.: "Here dies the dusky torch of Mortimer, "Chok'd," &c. STEEVENS. The sixth Knight passes. SIM. And what's the sixth and last, which the knight himself With such a graceful courtesy deliver'd? THAI. He seems to be a stranger; but his pre sent Is a wither'd branch, that's only green at top; SIM. A pretty moral; From the dejected state wherein he is, He hopes by you his fortunes yet may flourish. Can any way speak in his just commend: To have practis'd more the whipstock', than the lance. 2 LORD. He well may be a stranger, for he comes To an honour'd triumph, strangely furnished. 3 LORD. And on set purpose let his armour rust Until this day, to scour it in the dust 2. SIM. Opinion's but a fool, that makes us scan The outward habit by the inward man 3. 9 He seems, &c.] Old copy: "He seems to be a stranger; but his present For reasons frequently given, I have deserted the ancient text. I STEEVENS. the WHIPSTOCK,] i. e. the carter's whip. See note on Twelfth-Night, vol. xi. p. 387, n. 5. STEEVENS. Until this day, to scour it in the dust.] The idea of this illappointed knight appears to have been adopted from Sidney's Arcadia, book i.: "His armour of as old a fashion, besides the rustie poornesse, &c.—so that all that looked on, measured his length on the earth already," &c. STEEVENS. 3 The outward habit by the inward man.] i. e. that makes us scan the inward man by the outward habit. This kind of inversion was formerly very common. So, in The Merchant of Venice: But stay, the knights are coming; we'll withdraw Into the gallery. [Exeunt. [Great Shouts, and all cry, The mean knight *. SCENE III. The Same. A Hall of State.-A Banquet prepared. Enter SIMONIDES, THAISA, Lords, Knights, and Attendants. SIM. Knights, To say you are welcome, were superfluous. Were more than you expect, or more than's fit, See the note on that passage in vol. v. p. 68, n. 4. MALONE. Why should we not read : "The inward habit by the outward man.” The words were accidentally misplaced. In the prose romance already quoted, the king says: the habyte maketh not the relygious man.' STEEVENS. 66 In my copy this line is quoted in an old hand as Mr. Steevens reads. FARMer. I don't think any amendment necessary; but the passage should be pointed thus: 66 Opinion's but a fool, that makes us scan "The outward habit by, the inward man." That is, that makes us scan the inward man, by the outward habit. M. MASON. 4 [Great shouts, and all cry, The mean knight.] Again, in the first book of Sidney's Arcadia: "The victory being by the judges given, the trumpets witnessed to the ill-apparell'd knight." STEEVENS. s To place, &c.] The quarto, 1609, reads-I place, and this corrupt reading was followed in that of 1619, and in the folio, 1664. The emendation is taken from the folio, 1685. MALONE. THAI. But you, my knight and guest ; To whom this wreath of victory I give, And crown you king of this day's happiness. In framing artists, art hath thus decreed, o' the feast 9, (For, daughter, so you are,) here take your place : Marshal the rest, as they deserve their grace. KNIGHTS. We are honour'd much by good Simonides. SIM. Your presence glads our days; honour we love, For who hates honour, hates the gods above. PER. Some other is more fit. 1 KNIGHT. Contend not, sir; for we are gen tlemen, That neither in our hearts, nor outward eyes, 6 You are my guests.] Old copy: You are princes and my guests." But as all the personages addressed were not princes, and as the measure is overburthened by the admission of these words, I have left them out. The change I have made, likewise affords a natural introduction to the succeeding speech of the Princess. STEevens. 7 than MY MERIT.] Thus the original quarto, 1609. The second quarto has-by merit. MALONE. 8 In framing artists,] Old copy: 66 In framing an artist." This judicious emendation is Mr. Malone's. STEEvens. 9 (For, daughter, so YOU ARE,)] So, in The Winter's Tale : present yourself "That which you are, mistress o' the feast." STEEVENS. I That neither in our hearts, nor outward eyes, ENVY the great, nor do the low despise.] This is the reading of the quarto 1619. The first quarto reads PER. You are right courteous knights. SIM. Sit, sit, sir; sit. PER. By Jove, I wonder, that is king of thoughts, These cates resist me, she not thought upon 2. "Have neither in our hearts, nor outward eyes, By Jove, I wonder, that is king of thoughts, MALONE. These cates resist me, SHE not thought upon.] All the copies read" he not thought upon "-and these lines are given to Simonides. In the old plays it is observable, that declarations of affection, whether disguised or open, are generally made by both the parties; if the lady utters a tender sentiment, a corresponding sentiment is usually given to her lover.-Hence I conclude, that the author wrote she not thought upon; and that these lines belong to Pericles. If he be right, I would read : The prince recollecting his present state, and comparing it with that of Simonides, wonders that he can eat. In Gower, where this entertainment is particularly described, it is said of Appollinus, the Pericles of the present play, that "He sette and cast about his eie "And saw the lordes in estate, "And with hym selfe were in debate 66 Thynkende what he had lore: "And such a sorowe he toke therefore, So, in Kyng Appolyn of Thyre, 1510: "at the last he sate him down at the table, and without etynge, he behelde the noble company of lordes and grete estates.-Thus as he looked all about, a great lord that served at the kynge's table sayde unto the kynge, Certes, syr, this man wolde gladly your honour, for he dooth notete, but beholdeth hertely your noble magnifycence, and is in poynt to weep." The words resist me, however, do not well correspond with this idea. Perhaps they are corrupt. MALONE. "These cates resist me," i. e. go against my stomach. I would read, however-be not thought upon. It appears from Gower and the prose novel, as well as many of the following circumstances, that the thoughts of Pericles were not yet employed about the Princess. He is only ruminating on his past misfortunes, on his former losses. The lady had 6 |