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The term rase or rash is always used of the violence Dar (Steevens). Cf. Warner, Albions England: "Ha! ar so rashe thy hide;" Percy, Reliques: "Like unto g," etc. It seems to have been an old hunting term.

usion in boar, see on i. 3. 228 above.

-e. Cause, ground. The quartos have "wanting instan 226.

- The quartos have “fond," which means the same. st. That is, as to trust. See on ii. 1. 120 above. ad. Cf. 2 Hen. IV. iv. 5. 202 : "So thou the garland wear' "Be you contented, wearing now the garland," etc. See

his party. Upon his side; as in iv. 4. 524 below. See 1 K. John, p. 133.

Always. See on ii. 1. 138 above.

death. Though death were the consequence. Cf. L. 1 No, to the death, we will not move a foot," etc. hey... their. For the redundant pronoun, see Gr. 243 also on iii. 1. 10 above.

hey account, etc. That is, they count upon having his 1 nd set high on London Bridge.

holy rood. The holy cross. See Ham. p. 235.

Cal. Separate. Cf. Temp. iii. 1. 42 :

"for several virtues

Have I lik'd several women; never any
With so full soul but some defect in her

Did quarrel with the noblest grace she owed,

And put it to the foil;"

ır ed. p. 131.

yours. The folio reading; equivalent to that of the qua o yours." The ellipsis is not more peculiar than many ot e Gr.: 382.

doubt. Mistrust; as in M. W. ii. 1. 192, etc.

day is spent. The folio reading; but it is obviously incon the opening of the scene, which makes the time four o'cloc ing. The Ist quarto gives 91-93 thus:

"But come my Lo: shall we to the tower?

"Hast. I go: but stay, heare you not the newes, This day those men you talkt of, are beheaded."

xplains this as="their dignities;" but it is for "their heads," as Schmidt gives it.

A pursuivant was a state messenger or her: "And these grey locks, the pursuivants of forerunners), etc. See also v. 3. 59 below. Lease. That it should please your lordship. hanks (Fr. grand merci). Cf. M. of V. ii. 2.

as a priestly title, see T. N. p. 157, note on

ance of religious duties; as in iii. 7. 63 below. Oth. iii. I. I: "I will content your pains." has "Priest. Ile wait vpon your Lordship;" ords just below (121) as a speech of Hastings, nal correction in the MS. (neither speech is in ally inserted twice by the printer. After 110 -direction, “He whispers in his eare." onfession. Cf. Ham. v. 2. 47: "Not shriving wift in iii. 4. 94 below.

uartos the scene begins with a speech by Rate prisoners."

c. Walpole remarks: “Queen Elizabeth Grey loss of her two sons; but the royalty of their attention of historians, that they never reckon sfortunes the murder of this her second son, markable how slightly the death of Earl Rivough a man invested with such high offices of v much we dwell on the execution of the lord man in every light his inferior. In truth, the of English story from the tragic rather than

in the quartos.

See Rich. II. p. 208.

Cf. V. and A. 782: "Into the quiet closure 48. 11: "Within the gentle closure of my A. v. 3. 134: "And make a mutual closure of

etc. This line is found only in the folios. The ne." Cf. M. of V. iii. 2. 321: "between you exclaim on (=cry out against), cf. V. and A. in, exclaims on Death;" R.

of L.

741: "She

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.-1. Now, noble peers, etc. The quartos read: "My lo

ings ready, etc. The folio reading. The quartos have " ting," etc.; but in the reply "It is," like the folios. ( 2. II: "Is all things well?" Oth. i. 1. 172: "Is there c. See also Gr. 335.

but nomination. The only thing wanting is the appointn

c.

with. Intimate with, in the confidence of. Cf. L. L. a what is inward between us, let it pass" (that is, what is

low, etc. Before this the quartos insert "Who I my Lo? A metaphor taken from the theatre. See M. N. D. p. 1 ord of Ely. Dr. John Morton, of Baliol College, Oxford, P Salisbury, Lincoln, St. Paul's, and York, who was elected Ely in 1478, on the death of William Grey. He became M Rolls, Lord Chancellor, Archbishop of Canterbury, and a ( e marriage of the Earl of Richmond with Elizabeth of Y an end to the long contest between the houses of York was, according to Sir Thomas More, of his contriving. orn. The palace of the Bishop of Ely was in Holborn, I Cly Chapel, recently restored, remains to mark the place. . 169, note on Ely House.

w good strawberries, etc. See pp. 27, 170 above. The circ Iso used by Dr. Legge in his Latin tragedy (see p. 12 abov

"Eliensis antistes venis? senem quies,

Juvenem labor decet: ferunt hortum tuum

Decora fraga plurimum producere.

Episcopus Eliensis.

Nil tibi claudetur hortus quod meus
Producit; esset lautius vellem mihi
Quo sim tibi gratus."

long'd. Postponed, put off; as in Much Ado, iv. 1. 256:

"this wedding day

Perhaps is but prolong'd; have patience and endure."

cerfully and smooth. See on i. 1. 22 above.

bes. Pleases. Cf. Ham. v. 2. 276: "This likes me well;"

d. p. 274. See also p. 176 above. Gr. 297.

Hastings says is that something seems to please -k that no man can lesser hide his feelings, ing secondary or incidental. It is true that S. the sense of sign or indication (as in A. W. i. informed me of this before," etc.), but here more expressive word. It is adopted by K.,

fter this line, the quartos insert the speech ot, I say." It is retained by some of the ed

See p. 170 above. ee p. 27 above.

The names are found only in the folio As -eceding scene, which is on the same day, was present here.. Theo. therefore changed Ratthe next scene, while he makes Lovel and of Hastings, he allows Gloster, just before their o'erlook the walls." K. remarks: "This is which the poet has trusted to the imagination to their topographical knowledge."

= on iii. 2. 26 above.

horse with a foot-cloth, or housings. Cf. 2

Foot-cloth, dost thou not?

not to let thy horse wear a cloak, when honester men doublets."

d of Lord Hastings, 1563:

he playnest paved streete,

is boanes, thryse kneled on the flower,

(as Balams asse) the dreaded tower."

en, see R. and J. p. 216, note on Stumbled at

ly accented, as here, on the second syllable.

cended. See J. C. p. 182, note on Now some participle is light.

ts in R. and J. i. 1. 165 : "To hear true shrift,”

These lines are not in the quartos. tracted superlatives in S., see Gr. 473.

marks: "This conceit of Buckingham's in his own power eigning comes with almost a comic effect as displaye ery self, and played upon by him with a demure affecta s existence, while turning it to his own purposes." Se

ve.

ng. Pretending. Cf. Much Ado, ii. 2. 35: "intend a kin
the Prince and Claudio." See also iii. 7. 44 below.
ed. Forced, counterfeited; as in J. C. iv. 2. 21:

"When love begins to sicken and decay,
It useth an enforced ceremony."

the first quarto the passage stands thus:

And both are ready in their offices

To grace my stratagems.

"Glo. Here comes the Maior.

"Buc. Let me alone to entertaine him. Lo: Maior,

"Glo. Looke to the drawbridge there.

"Buc. The reason we have sent for you.

"Glo. Catesby ouerlooke the wals.

"Buck. Harke, I heare a drumme.

"Glo. Looke backe, defend thee, here are enemies.

"Buc. God and our innocence defend vs.

"Glo. O, O, be quiet, it is Catesby.

Enter Mar

Enter Catesby with Hast. hea

plainest harmless. Probably an instance of the omission o e inflection with one of a pair of adjectives. Cf. M. for M. e generous and gravest citizens;" M. of V. iii. 2. 295 : tion'd and unwearied spirit" (that is, most unwearied), etc. Abbott, however, is inclined to read "plainest-harmless " 2 below.

istian. A trisyllable. Gr. 479.

ok. That is, "table-book" (W. T. iv. 4. 610 and Ham. ii, 2. ook. Cf. Cor. v. 2. 15: "The book of his good acts;" and 293, etc.

parent. Evident, manifest. See on ii. 2. 130 above. nversation. Intercourse; as in Ham. iii, 2. 60, Cymb. i. 4. 113. tainder. Taint, stain. Cf. Rich. II. iv. 1. 24: "the attainde lerous lips," etc. Suspect=suspicion; as in i. 3. 89 above. 'most. Hardly, even. Cf. K. John, iv. 3. 43: "Or do you al though you see," etc.

xtreme. The adjective is accented by S. on the first syllable Sonn. 129. 4, 10 (Schmidt).

nforc'd. Forced, constrained. Cf. 9 above.

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