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第31章 * * * * * * * * *(2)

pitch] Is generally equivalent to--stature. ("I would have you tell me what PITCH he was of, Velim mihi dicas qua STATURA fuerit." Coles's DICT.) But here it means the highest part of the body,--the shoulders (see the 10th sign. of PITCH in Halliwell's DICT. OF ARCH. AND PROV. WORDS),--the "pearl" being, of course, his head.

and] So the 4to.--The 8vo "with."

His arms and fingers long and sinewy] So the 8vo, except that, by a misprint, it has "snowy" for "sinewy."--The 4to gives the line thus,--"His armes long, HIS fingers SNOWY-WHITE."!!

(and so the line used to stand in Lamb's SPEC. OF DRAM. POETS,till I made the necessary alteration in Mr. Moxon's recent ed. of that selection.) subdu'd] So the 8vo.--The 4to "subdue." Nature doth strive with Fortune, &c.] Qy did Shakespeare recollect this passage when he wrote,--"Nature and Fortune join'd to make thee great"? KING JOHN, act iii. sc. 1.

port] i.e. gate.

is] So the 8vo.--The 4to "in."

In fair, &c.] Here "fair" is to be considered as a dissyllable: compare, in the Fourth Act of our author's JEW OF MALTA,"I'll feast you, lodge you, give you FAIR words, And, after that," &c.

of] i.e. on.

worse] So the 8vo.--The 4to "worst." the] So the 8vo.--The 4to "that."

his] So the 8vo.--The 4to "the."

be] So the 8vo.--The 4to "are."

Beside] So the 8vo.--The 4to "Besides." champion] i.e. champaign.

greedy after] Old eds. "after greedie." Sprung] Here, and in the next speech, both the old eds. "Sprong": but in p. 18, l. 3, first col., the 4to has "sprung", and in the SEC. PART of the play, act iv. sc. 4, they both give "SPRUNG from a tyrants loynes."<Page 18, First Column, Line 3, This Play: "For he was never sprung

teeth of] So the 8vo.--Omitted in the 4to.

lance] Here both the old eds. "lanch": but see note ||, p. 11.

the] So the 8vo.--0mitted in the 4to.

some] So the 4to.--The 8vo "scorne." will] So the 8vo.--The 4to "shall."

top] i.e. rise above, surpass.--Old eds. "stop." renowmed] See note ||, p. 11. So the 8vo. --The 4to "renowned." thirst] The 8vo "thrust": the 4to "thrist." and] So the 4to.--The 8vo "not."

the fair] So the 8vo.--The 4to "THEE faire." she] i.e. Nemesis.

Rhamnus'] Old eds. "Rhamnis."

meeds] So the 8vo.--The 4to "deeds." into] Used here (as the word was formerly often used) for UNTO.

sure] A dissyllable here. In the next line "assure" is a trisyllable.

with his crown in his hand] The old eds. add "offering to hide it;" but THAT he does presently after.

those were] i.e. those who were, who have been.

Standstaggering]Sothe8vo.--The4to"StandTHOSE staggering." For kings are clouts that every man shoots at, Our crown the pin, &c.] CLOUT means the white mark in the butts; PIN, the peg in the centre, which fastened it.

me] So the 4to.--Omitted in the 8vo.

MYCETES. Ay, marry, &c.] From this to "TAMBURLAINE. Well, I mean you shall have it again" inclusive, the dialogue is prose: compare act iv. sc. 4, p. 29.

renowmed man-at-arms] See note ||, p. 11. So the 8vo.--The 4to "RENOWNED MEN at armes." chiefest] So the 4to.--The 8vo "chiefe." happy] So the 8vo.--The 4to "happiest." aim'd] So the 4to.--The 8vo "and."

it] So the 4to.--The 8vo "is."

our] So the 4to.--Omitted in the 8vo.

we] So the 8vo.--The 4to "I."

in earth] i.e. on earth. So in the Lord's Prayer, "Thy will be done IN EARTH." Casane] Both the old eds. here "Casanes." a-piece] So the 4to.--The 8vo "apace." purchase] i.e. booty, gain.

quite] i.e. requite.

this] So () the 8vo.--The 4to "the." him] Old eds. "his."

and] So the 8vo.--The 4to "with."

sprung] See note *, p. 14.

dares] So the 8vo.--The 4to "dare." fate] Old eds. "state."

Resolve] Seems to mean--dissolve (compare "our bodies turn to elements," p. 12, sec. col.): but I suspect some corruption here.

Barbarous] Qy. "O barbarous"? in the next line but one, "O treacherous"? and in the last line of the speech, "O bloody"? But we occasionally find in our early dramatists lines which are defective in the first syllable; and in some of these instances at least it would almost seem that nothing has been omitted by the transcriber or printer.

artier] i.e. artery. This form occurs again in the SEC. PART of the present play: so too in a copy of verses by Day;"Hid in the vaines and ARTIERS of the earthe." SHAKESPEARE SOC. PAPERS, vol. i. 19.

The word indeed was variously written of old:

"The ARTER strynge is the conduyt of the lyfe spiryte." Hormanni VULGARIA, sig. G iii. ed. 1530.

"Riche treasures serue for th'ARTERS of the war." Lord Stirling's DARIUS, act ii. Sig. C 2. ed. 1604.

"Onelye the extrauagant ARTIRE of my arme is brused." EVERIE WOMAN IN HER HUMOR, 1609, sig. D 4.

"And from the veines some bloud each ARTIRE draines." Davies's MICROCOSMOS, 1611, p. 56.

regiment] i.e. rule.

fruit] So the 4to.--The 8vo "fruites." are] Old eds. "Is."

talents] Was often used by our early writers for TALONS, asmany passages might be adduced to shew. Hence the quibble in Shakespeare's LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST, act iv. sc. 2., "If a TALENT be a claw," &c.

harpy] So the 8vo.--The 4to "Harper;" and with that reading the line is cited, in a note on MACBETH, act iv. sc. 1, by Steevens, who also gives "tires UPON my life;" but "TIRES" (a well-known term in falconry, and equivalent here to--preys) is to be pronounced as a dissyllable. (In the 4to it in spelt "tyers." the] So the 4to.--The 8vo "thy."

bassoes] i.e. bashaws.

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