Chapter 18

find "thou man of Memphis."]

[Footnote 187: basilisks] Pieces of ordnance so called. They were of immense size; see Douce's ILLUST. OF SHAKESPEARE, i. 425.]

[Footnote 188: monstrous] To be read as a trisyllable.]

[Footnote 189: Or ever-drizzling] So the 4to.--The 8vo "Or drisling."]

[Footnote 190: should] So the 4to.--The 8vo "shal."]

[Footnote 191: he devil] So the 8vo.--The 4to "he THE deuill."]

[Footnote 192: Arabian king] Scil. Alcidamus: see p. 10, l. 9, sec. col.

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[Footnote 193: it] So the 4to.--Omitted in the 8vo.]

[Footnote 194: it should] So the 4to.--The 8vo "should it."]

[Footnote 195: this] So the 8vo.--The 4to "it."]

[Footnote 196: into] So the 4to.--The 8vo "vnto."]

[Footnote 197: heart] So the 4to.--The 8vo "soul."]

[Footnote 198: stoop] Qy. "stoop, STOOP"?]

[Footnote 199: your] Old eds. "their."--Compare the tenth line of the speech.]

[Footnote 200: to] So the 8vo.--The 4to "on."]

[Footnote 201: brent] i.e. burnt. So the 8vo.--The 4to "burnt."]

[Footnote 202: kings] So the 8vo.--The 4to "king."]

[Footnote 203: from] So the 4to.--The 8vo "in."]

[Footnote 204: then, for you] So the 4to.--The 8vo "for you then."]

[Footnote 205: stark nak'd] Compare (among many passages which might be cited from our early poets),--

"rather on Nilus' mud Lay me STARK NAK'D, and let the water-flies Blow me into abhorring!" Shakespeare's ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, act v. sc. 2. (where the modern editors print "naked.")]

[Footnote 206: dignities] So the 8vo.--The 4to "dignitie."]

[Footnote 207: whiles] So the 8vo.--The 4to "while."]

[Footnote 208: shalt] So the 4to.--The 8vo "shal."]

[Footnote 209: grace] Olds eds. "grac'd."]

[Footnote 210: stature] So the 8vo.--The 4to "statue:" but again, in the SECOND PART of this play, act ii. sc. 4, we have, according to the 8vo--

"And here will I set up her STATURE."

and, among many passages that might be cited from our early authors, compare the following;

"The STATURES huge, of Porphyrie and costlier matters made." Warner's ALBIONS ENGLAND, p. 303. ed. 1596.

"By them shal Isis STATURE gently stand." Chapman's BLIND BEGGER OF ALEXANDRIA, 1598, sig. A 3.

"Was not Anubis with his long nose of gold preferred before Neptune, whose STATURE was but brasse?" Lyly's MIDAS, sig. A 2. ed. 1592.]

[Footnote 211: bird] i.e. the ibis.]

[Footnote 212: are] Old eds. "is."]

[Footnote 213: country] Old eds. "countries."]

[Footnote 214: King of Arabia] i.e. Alcidamus; see p. 10, l. 9, sec. col.

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[Footnote 215: Calydonian] So the 8vo.--The 4to "Calcedonian."]

[Footnote 216: lusty] So the 8vo.--Omitted in the 4to.]

[Footnote 217: and] So the 4to.--0mitted in the 8vo.]

[Footnote 218: Renowmed] See note ||. p. 11.[i.e. note 52.] So the 8vo. --The 4to "Renow[ned."]]

[Footnote 219: Ibis' holy name] The ibis has been already alluded to in the lines (p. 27, sec. col.),--

"The golden stature of their feather'd bird, That spreads her wings upon the city-walls";

and it is well known to have been a sacred bird among the Egyptians (see Cicero DE NAT. DEORUM, I. 36). Compare the old play of THE TAMING OF A SHREW;

"Father, I SWEARE BY IBIS' GOLDEN BEAKE, More faire and radiente is my bonie Kate Then siluer Zanthus," &c. p. 22. ed. Shakespeare Soc.

In the passage of our text the modern editors substitute "Isis'" for "Ibis'."]

[Footnote 220: the] So the 8vo.--The 4to "and."]

[Footnote 221: and] So the 8vo.--Omitted in the 4to.]

[Footnote 222: thy baseness and] So the 8vo.--The 4to "THE basnesse OF."]

[Footnote 223: mask] So the 8vo.--The 4to "walke."]

[Footnote 224: My lord, &c.] Something has dropt out: qy. "TAMELY suffer"?]

[Footnote 225: a goodly refreshing for them] So the 8vo.--The 4to "a GOOD refreshing TO them."]

[Footnote 226: Here] So the 8vo.--The 4to "there."]

[Footnote 227: it from] So the 8vo.--The 4to "it VP from."]

[Footnote 228: slice] So the 8vo.--The 4to "fleece."]

[Footnote 229: will fall] So the 8vo.--The 4to "will NOT fall."]

[Footnote 230: let] i.e. hinder.]

[Footnote 231: while] i.e. until.]

[Footnote 232: consort] i.e. band.]

[Footnote 233: pen] i.e. his sword.]

[Footnote 234: hastening] So the 4to.--The 8vo "hasting."]

[Footnote 235: 'specially] So the 8vo.--The 4to "especially."]

[Footnote 236: Morocco] Here and in the next speech the old eds. have "Morocus" and "Moroccus:" but see note ‡, p. 22.(i.e. note 162.)]

[Footnote 237: plage] i.e. region.--Old eds. "place."]

[Footnote 238: valour] Old eds. "value."]

[Footnote 239: again] So the 8vo.--Omitted in the 4to.]

[Footnote 240: renowm'd] See note ||. p. 11.[i.e. note 52.] So the 8vo. --The 4to "renown'd."]

[Footnote 241: Damascus] Both the old eds. here "Damasco:" but in many other places they agree in reading "Damascus."]

[Footnote 242: remorse] i.e. pity.]

[Footnote 243: sakes] So the 8vo.--The 4to. "sake."]

[Footnote 244: blubber'd] That this word formerly conveyed no ludicrous idea, appears from many passages of our early writers.]

[Footnote 245: And use us like a loving conqueror] "i.e. And that he will use us like, &c." Ed. 1826.]

[Footnote 246: care] So the 4to.--The 8vo "cares."]

[Footnote 247: helps] So the 8vo.--The 4to "help."]

[Footnote 248: or] So the 8vo.--The 4to "for."]

[Footnote 249: power] So the 8vo.--The 4to "powers."]

[Footnote 250: knew] So the 8vo.--The 4to "know."]

[Footnote 251: Reflexed] Old eds. "Reflexing."]

[Footnote 252: their] Old eds. "your."]

[Footnote 253: As] So the 8vo.--The 4to "And."]

[Footnote 254: tents] So the 8vo.--The 4to "tent."]

[Footnote 255: submission] Old eds. "submissions."]

[Footnote 256: of ruth and] So the 8vo.--The 4to "AND ruth OF."]

[Footnote 257: conceit] i.e. fancy, imagination.]

[Footnote 258: Hath] So the 4to.--The 8vo "Haue."]

[Footnote 259: nourish'd] So the 8vo.--The 4to "nourish."]

[Footnote 260: wish'd] So the 8vo.--The 4to "wish."]

[Footnote 261: imperious] So the 8vo.--The 4to "imprecious."]

[Footnote 262: passion] i.e. sorrow.]

[Footnote 263: resolved] i.e. dissolved.]

[Footnote 264: Eyes, when that Ebena steps to heaven, &c.] Either the transcriber or the printer has made sad work with this passage; nor am I able to suggest any probable emendation.]

[Footnote 265: fight] So the 8vo.--The 4to "fights."]

[Footnote 266: Persia's] Old eds. "Perseans," and "Persians."]

[Footnote 267: still] i.e. distil.]

[Footnote 268: I thus conceiving, and subduing both, That which hath stoop'd the chiefest of the gods, Even from the fiery-spangled veil of heaven, To feel the lovely warmth of shepherds' flames, And mask in cottages of strowed reeds, &c.

i.e. I thus feeling, and also subduing, the power of Beauty, which has drawn down the chiefest of the gods even from, &c.

The 8vo has, "I thus conceiuing and subduing both. That which hath STOPT the TEMPEST of the Gods, Euen from the fiery spangled vaile of heauen, To feele the louely warmth of shepheards flames, And MARTCH in cottages of strowed WEEDS," &c.

The 4to has, "I thus concieuing and subduing both, That which hath STOPT the TEMPEST of the Gods, Euen from the SPANGLED FIRIE vaile of heauen, To feele the louely warmth of Shepheardes flames, And MARCH in COATCHES of strowed WEEDES," &c.

The alterations which I have made in this corrupted passage are supported by the following lines of the play;

"See now, ye slaves, my children STOOP YOUR PRIDE (i.e. make your pride to stoop), And lead your bodies sheep-like to the sword." Part Second,--act iv. sc. 1.

"The chiefest god, FIRST MOVER OF THAT SPHERE", &c. Part First,--act iv. sc. 2.

"Jove SOMETIME masked IN A SHEPHERD'S WEED", &c. Part First,--act i. sc. 2.

Perhaps in the third line of the present passage "fiery-spangled" should be "FIRE-YSPANGLED."]

[Footnote 269: Attend.] Old eds. "An." (a misprint probably), which the modern editors understand as "Anippe" (the waiting-maid of Zenocrate).]

[Footnote 270: March on us with] So the 4to.--The 8vo "MARTCHT on WITH vs with."]

[Footnote 271: As if there were no way but one with us] i.e. as if we were to lose our lives. This phrase, which is common in our early writers, was not obsolete in Dryden's time: "for, if he heard the malicious trumpeter proclaiming his name before his betters, he knew THERE WAS BUT ONE WAY WITH HIM." Preface to ALL FOR LOVE.]

[Footnote 272: pore] So the 8vo.--The 4to "dore."]

[Footnote 273: in] i.e. on.]

[Footnote 274: stay] Old eds. "aie" and "aye."]

[Footnote 275: retorqued] i.e. bent back in reflections on our former happiness. So the 8vo.--The 4to "retortued."]

[Footnote 276: A] Old eds. "As."]

[Footnote 277: Elysium] Old eds. "Elisian."]

[Footnote 278: thoughts] So the 8vo.--The 4to "thought."]

[Footnote 279: parbreak] i.e. vomit.]

[Footnote 280: abjection] Old eds. "obiection."]

[Footnote 281: villainess] i.e. servant, slave,]

[Footnote 282: ruth] So the 8vo.--The 4to "truth."]

[Footnote 283: resolve] i.e. dissolve.]

[Footnote 284: bann'd] i.e. cursed.]

[Footnote 285: the] So the 4to.--The 8vo "thy."]

[Footnote 286: ever-living] So the 8vo.--The 4to. "euerlasting."]

[Footnote 287: give] So the 4to.--The 8vo "AND giue."]

[Footnote 288: her] Must mean Zenocrate, whom Zabina fancies herself to be addressing.]

[Footnote 289: Let the soldiers be buried.--Hell, death, Tamburlaine] So the 8vo.--Omitted in the 4to. (Where the modern editors got their reading, "Let the soldiers be CURSED," I know not.)]

[Footnote 290: Make ready my coach] Shakespeare seems to have remembered this passage when he made Ophelia say, "Come, my coach," &c. HAMLET, act iv. sc. 5.]

[Footnote 291: I come, I come, I come] So the 8vo.--The 4to "I come, I come."]

[Footnote 292: Egyptians'] So the 4to.--The 8vo "Egiptian.']

[Footnote 293: The] Old eds. "Thy."]

[Footnote 294: thy] So the 8vo.--The 4to "thine."]

[Footnote 295: war] So the 8vo.--The 4to "warres."]

[Footnote 296: Come] Old eds. "Comes" and "Comep."]

[Footnote 297: Armed] So the 8vo.--The 4to "Armes."]

[Footnote 298: final] So the 4to.--The 8vo "small."]

[Footnote 299: King of Arabia] i.e. Alcidamus; see p. 10, l. 9, sec. col.]

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[Footnote 300: thy] So the 4to.--The 8vo "my."]

[Footnote 301: conceit] i.e. fancy, imagination.]

[Footnote 302: have] So the 8vo.--The 4to "hath."]

[Footnote 303: Euphrates] So our old poets invariably, I believe, accentuate this word. [Note: 'Euphrates' was printed with no accented characters at all.]

[Footnote 304: should] So the 8vo.--The 4to "shall."]

[Footnote 305: sweat] So the 8vo.--The 4to "sweare."]

[Footnote 306: wide-gaping] Old eds. "wide GASPING."]

[Footnote 307: resolv'd] i.e. dissolved.]

[Footnote 308: Millions] So the 8vo.--The 4to "Million."]

[Footnote 309: Elysium] Old eds. "Elisian."]

[Footnote 310: Renowmed] See note ||, p. 11.[i.e. note 52.] So the 8vo. --The 4to "Renowned."]

[Footnote 311: record] i.e. take to witness.]

[Footnote 312: no further time] i.e. no more distant time.]

[Footnote 313: the] So the 8vo.--The 4to "my."]

[Footnote 314: I not] So the 8vo.--The 4to "not I."]

[Footnote 315: Else] So the 4to.--The 8vo "Then."]

[Footnote 316: on] So the 4to.--Omitted in the 8vo.]

[Footnote 317: as beseems] So the 4to.--The 8vo "as BEST beseemes."]

[Footnote 318: We will our rites, &c.] Old eds. "We will our CELEBRATED rites," &c.--"The word 'CELEBRATED' occurs in both the old editions, but may well be dispensed with as regards both the sense and measure." Ed. 1826. "I think this word got into the text from either the author or printer, who was perhaps the editor, doubting whether to use 'SOLEMNIZE' or 'CELEBRATE;' and it slipt from the margin, where it was probably placed, into the verse itself." J. M. in GENT. MAG. for Jan. 1841.]