arrow), 'fixed in the mark.' Cf. "To whose huge spokes ten thousand lesser things are mortised and enjoined."—Hamlet, iii. 3, 20. 12 Chidden. And so angry. 13 Shaked. The old infinitive being 'shaken,' Elizabethan writers frequently used the form in ed for the participle. Cf. "O, when degree is shaked."-Troilus and Cressida, i. 3, 101. Mane. From same Sk. root as Latin 'monile,' a necklace. 14 Burning. Cf. “ăμμорos λоeтpŵv 'Nкeavoîo."-HOм., Iliad, xviii. 489; and, "Metuent aequore tingui."-VIRG., Georgics, i. 246. 15 Cf. again- "Liquidique immunia (free of) ponti, Parrhasides stellae, (namque omnia nosse potestis) Molestation. 'Disturbance.' 17, 18 Enchafed, ensheltered, embayed. En was a favourite prefix with Shakspere, especially in this play. We shall find also 'encave,' 'enwheel,' 'enfetter'd,' ' enmesh.' Perhaps with participles he likes some kind of prefix as a substitute for the old prefix. 19 Bear. Subjunctive. Cf. "One would think his mother's milk were scarce out of him."-Twelfth Night, i. 5, 171. 22 'Their plan is foiled.' 23 Sufferance. For 'suffering.' Cf. "Sufferance is the badge of all our tribe."-Merchant of Venice, i. 3, III. 24 In most part. The article often omitted after a preposition. Cf. "In absence of thy friend" (Two Gentlemen of Verona, i. I, 59); "In number of our friends." (Julius Cæsar, iii. 1. 216.) 26 A ship equipped by the inland city of Verona. 32 The repeated pronoun is found even in a simple sentence: "The skipping king he ambled up and down." 39 Line 3 explains this line. cease to distinguish sea and sky.' Henry IV. iii. 2, 60. 'As far as the point where we • 41 'We may expect fresh arrivals any moment.' 49 Allowance. Cf. i. 3, 224. 50 'Not in danger from being overloaded with fear.' 60 Wived. The verb occurs Merchant of Venice, i. 2, 145: "I had rather he should shrive me than wive me. 62 Paragons. A Spanish word formed of two prepositions— para, con.' 'In comparison with.' The Spanish 'para' (or 'pora') is really itself two prepositions—'pro,' 'ad.' 63 Quirks. Tricks.' Blazoning. There are two words — (a) 'blason,' a proclamation. (b) 'blazon,' to portray armorial bearings; French 'blason,' a coat of arms. 64, 65 In her natural beauty baffles the clever person who would describe her.' Ingener also 'an engineer' in Hamlet (iii. 4, 206), "The ingener hoist with his own petard." 67 He has' was often pronounced and written ‘has.' 69 Guttered. 'Worn into channels.' 70 'Who conspire to delay.' 71 'From a mere love of beauty.' 72 Mortal. Here and often 'deadly.' "This news is mortal to the queen" (Winter's Tale, iii. 2, 149); and, "He entered the mortal gate of the city;" i.e. where others had fallen. (Coriolanus, ii. 2, 115.) Also iii. 3, 355, infra. 76 'Who lands here a week sooner than we expected.' Se'nnight. 'Seven night.' Not to be confused with 'sennet,' a flourish of trumpets (French 'saynète'). 79 Tall. The word A stock epithet for ships. Merchant of Venice, iii. I, 6: "The carcases of many a tall ship lie buried." also means 'stout' (German 'tüchtig '), but is usually ironical in that sense. 80 The metaphor is kept up through the line. 82 Riches. May be for richesse,' a singular noun; but there are traces of a verb plural in -s; changed by editors where possible, "My old bones aches" (Tempest iii. 3, 2) being in the Globe edition printed ache; but "Those pretty wrongs that liberty commits Thy beauty and thy years full well befits."-Sonnet 41, is beyond alteration. 97 He explains to Iago that it would be hyper-modesty if he merely gave her a formal greeting. 105 When I wish to sleep.' 117 'I will not come to you for a character or an epitaph.' 123 'I beguile my sadness by appearing merry.' 126 'I am working at it.' 127 Pate. Der. 'plate,' 'the flat, shaven head;' 'platta,' in Low Latin, the clerical tonsure. Frize, or frieze. Cloth of Friesland, from which, being rough, it was difficult to remove stains without tearing away the nap. 130, 131 The clever woman finds a means to make use of her charms. 139 Fond. Cf. i. 3, 320. 143 A plain woman is as dangerous as any other.' 66 148 Put on the vouch. 'Instigate or incite the testimony.' Cf. He puts on this confusion."-Hamlet, iii. 1, 2. S. T. Coleridge remarked that Shakspere puts all sarcasms upon women into the mouth of villains. Cf. line 313. 149 That. The use of 'that' for 'who' implies a hypothetical rather than definite person. 156 By the despised salmon's tail he means Othello, whom she had chosen in preference to the wealthy, curled darlings of Venice. The tails of the salmon were the cook's perquisite. 161 His bathos means 'she is only fit to have silly children, and keep the tally at a beer-house.' 165 Liberal. 'Wanton.' Much Ado, iv. 1, 93. 167 Relish. 171 Gyve. Cf. "Like a liberal villain." 'Be pleased with.' Fetter.' 185 'I am as delighted as surprised.' 194 There cannot be much more such happiness in store for me.' 203 The pegs on which the strings of the instrument are strained. 208 Out of fashion. More than good breeding allows.' 221 Directly. Manifestly.' 223 Lay thy finger thus; i.e. 'on thy lips.' 226 But for. 'Only for.' 229 Favour. 'Face.' Cf. "As well as I do know your outward favour."-Julius Cæsar, i. 2, 91. 230 Sympathy in years. Perhaps here, as in Midsummer Night's Dream, i. I, 137, Shakspere is thinking of his own marriage. 236 Pregnant. 'Ready.' Cf. "Crook the pregnant hinges of the knee."-Hamlet, iii. 2, 66. Position. 'Assertion, capable of being defended.'-Cf. iii. 3, 234. 241 Slipper. For 'slippery.' 242 Stamp. 'Make valid and current.' 249 Condition. 'Temper.' Cf. ""Tis a condition they account gentle."-Coriolanus, ii. 3, 103. 259 Paddle. Corruption of 'pattle,' 'to pat gently.' 277 Qualification. They will only be appeased by the dismissal of Cassio.' 288 Without the which; i.e. the removal of which.' 296 Apt. Natural.' Cf. "School-maids change their names by vain, though apt, affection."-Measure for Measure, i. 4, 48. See v. 2, 177, infra. 303 To diet. 'To feed.' 312 Trash. Originally, drift-wood found under trees, which breaks with a crash (same derivation). 313 Putting on. 'Instigation,' as in line 148. 314 To have at an advantage.' Cf. "Now, infidel, I have you on the hip."-Merchant of Venice, iv. 1, 334. 315 Garb. Form,'' manner.' 321 'Evil plans are developed as they proceed.' SCENE 2. 2 Importing. 'Relating.' 3 Mere. "Absolute.' Cf. "The mere despair of surgery." Macbeth, iv. 3, 152. 8 Offices. Serving-rooms.' Richard II. i. 2, 69, “ Unpeopled offices, untrodden stones. SCENE 3. 37 Other. That is, than drinking toasts. 41 'The one cup which I have had, though cleverly mixed, has upset my weak head.' 49 Dislike and like were usually impersonal as synonymous with 'please.' Cf. "The music likes you not."-Two Gentlemen of Verona, iv. 2, 56. 66 50 Fasten. To palm upon by persuasion.' Cf.'Thinking, by his face, To fasten in our thoughts that they have courage." Julius Cæsar, v. I, II. 55 Caroused. German 'gar,' 'quite;' 'aus,' 'out.' Used of emptying a bumper. 56 Pottle. Diminutive of 'pot.' 58 'Are always on guard where their honour is concerned.' 59 Elements. As it were, a pure extract or quintessence. 66 Rouse occurs also thrice in Hamlet, a play of the same period, but not elsewhere. It is a Scandinavian word meaning 'a drinking-bout.' 71 Iago's feigned gaiety is "the grin of a death's head, the mirth of a ghoul."-DOWDEN. 80 Swag-bellied. Cf. Palsgrave, "As a fatte person's belly swaggeth (or sways) as he goth." 84 You. See note on i. I, 49. 85 He sweats not. 'It is no great matter to him.' 86 Almain. German. 92 The mention of England suggests the second song, which is an old ballad to be found in Percy's Reliques (published 1765). 96 Lown. 'Loon.' Originally 'lowm.' Perhaps connected with a Scotch word 'loamy,'' slow.' 104 Cassio is already incoherent. 118 A British soldier is not considered drunk if he can go through his facings. 132 Odd. 'Occasional,' 'incidental.' 135 He will keep awake twenty-four hours.' The word set was originally sept, a convenient odd number for a series of games. 144 Should run such risks by having such a man for his second-in-command.' * 145 Ingraft. For the participle cf. He was contract to Lady Lucy" (Richard III. iii 7, 179); and, "I of ladies most deject and wretched." The omission of the ed is common in verbs whose terminations already resemble participles; e.g. also 'hoist,' 'disjoint,' 'heat.' 152 Twiggen. For the termination -en ('made of') cf. 'threaden filet' (Lover's Complaint, 33) and 'silken.' 155 Mazzard. 'Head,' or possibly jaw.' French 'mâchoire;' or as the verb, to 'mazer,' occurs in Ben Jonson, possibly from 'mazer,' 'a bowl.' Cf. Italian 'zucca,' 'gourd,' "bowl,' 'skull.' 170 To turn Turk. 'To undergo a complete change for the worse.' Cf. "An if you be not turned Turk, there's no more sailing by the star. "-Much Ado, iii. 4, 57. In this passage the proverb is especially appropriate, the Turks having just been prevented by the storm from attacking them. 173 'I will kill instantly anyone who strikes a blow in his own quarrel.' 180 Quarter. 'Peace.' Cf. "Keeps fair quarter with his bed."-Comedy of Errors, ii. 1, 108. 188 You are thus forgot. Have thus forgotten yourself.' Cf. "If I had been remembered."-Richard III. ii. 4, 23. This 190 Early English had an inflected infinitive in -en. was gradually lost, and to took its place, though some verbs claimed exemption from the new regime, on the ground of being auxiliary. The distinction was vague. Cf. "I list not pro phecy" (Winter's Tale, iv. 1, 26) with act iv. 2, 14 of this play. 193 Censure (like the French 'succès,' and 'success,' iii. 3, 222) was a colourless word, meaning 'opinion' in Elizabethan times. See note on i. 2, 22. Cf. iv. 1, 281 infra, and "How blest am I In my just censure, in my true opinion." "Give your censures in this weighty business." 195 Opinion. 'Reputation.' Winter's Tale, ii. 1, 37. Richard III. ii. 2, 144. I Henry IV., iv. I, 77. "It lends a lustre and more great opinion to our enterprise." 199 'While I avoid speaking, which is now painful.’ 203 Unless it be a sin to defend,' &c. The superfluity of the it is more apparent in the order of the text. 206 Collied. 'Obscured.' Cf. "Brief as the lightning in the collied night." Midsummer Night's Dream, i. 1, 145 (der. 'coal'); and a 'colly' (partly black) dog. 209 In my rebuke; i.e. 'in receiving it.' |