p. 488.

A s. "They are like Indians, they have store of gold,
but they know not the worth of it." Burton's Anatomy
of Melancholy. Ed. 1631, p. 174. Boswell quoted from
Habington's Castara, 1640,

"So the unskillful Indian those bright jems
Which might adde majestie to diadems,

'Mong the waves scatters, as if he would store
The thankless sea, to make one Empire more.'

P. 91.

And from Sir Edward Howard's Woman's Conquest, 16. . "Behold my queen

Who with no more concern Ile cast away

Than Indians do a pearl that ne're did know
Its value."

And Mr. Dyce cites from Drayton's Legend of Matilda,
"The wretched Indian spurnes the golden ore."

In addition to this, the accent of the two words only the former of which conforms to the rhythm of the line supports the 4to. reading:

"Their med' cinable gum": In Shakespeare's time 'medicinable' was used to mean both having the power of medicine and being amenable to medicine. See the Concordance for instances. The 4to. has, "medicinal."

END OF VOL. XI.