we have “ravin up;" but in M. for M. i. 2. 133, "ravin down." Here the spelling of the folio is "Rauening." Cf. R. and J. iii. 2. 76, where it has "Woluish-rauening Lambe." 50. Raps. Apparently the verb of which rapt ( = transported) is the participle, though rarely found in the indicative. S. uses it nowhere else. 51. Desire my man's abode. That is, ask him to remain. For abode used with reference to time, cf. M. of V. ii. 6. 21: “Your patience for my long abode," etc. 53. Strange and peevish. "A foreigner and a simpleton " (Clarke). For strange, cf. 190 below; and for peevish = silly, foolish (its ordinary if not its only meaning in S.), cf. Rich. III. i. 3. 194, iii. 1. 31, iv. 2. 100, etc. For a very clear instance of this sense, see Lyly, Endymion (quoted by Nares): "There never was any so peevish to imagine the moone either capable of affection or shape of a mistris." 58. None a. Cf. i. 4. 103 above: "none so accomplished a courtier," etc. 65. Gallian. The word occurs again in 1 Hen. VI. v. 4. 139. S. does not use Gallic. Furnaces is the only instance of the verb in S. Cf. A. Y. L. ii. 7. 148: "And then the lover, Sighing like furnace," etc. 67. From's. See on i. I. 4 above. 69. Proof. Experience; as in iii. 3. 27 below. 78. In himself, 't is much, etc. "If he merely regarded his own character, without any consideration of his wife, his conduct would be unpardonable” (Malone). Herford's explanation is perhaps better: "That he is not grateful for his own gifts is much; that he is not grateful for you, his gift beyond price, fills me with wonder and pity." 83. Wrack. The only spelling of wreck in the early eds. It rhymes to alack in Per. iv. prol. 12, and to back in V. and A. 558, R. of L. 841, 965, Sonn. 126. 5, and Macb. v. 5. 51. 84. Deserves. The omission of the relative is common. below. Cf. 169 85. Solace. Find solace or happiness. Cf. Rich. III. ii. 3. 30: "This sickly land might solace as before;" and R. and J. iv. 5. 47: "But one thing to rejoice and solace in." 86. Snuff. That is, a snuffed candle. Cf. Ham. iv. 7. 116, Lear, iv. 6. 39, etc. 91. Venge. Not "venge," as often printed. vengeful, etc. Cf. vengeance, 94. Doubting things go ill. Suspecting or fearing that things go ill. Cf. K. John, iv. 1. 19: "but that I doubt My uncle practises more harm to me." 96. Or, timely knowing, etc. Elliptically expressed, though the sense is clear. 98. What both you spur and stop. "What it is that at once incites you to speak and restrains you from it" (Johnson); or "what you seem anxious to utter, and yet withhold" (Mason). Cf. W. T. ii. 1. 187: Shall stop or spur me." 66 107. By-peeping. Looking aside, or "apart from or between the more serious occupations of his debauch" (Ingleby). 108. Unlustrous. Rowe's emendation of the "illustrious" of the folios. Possibly S. wrote "illustrous" (not lustrous), but that word has not been found elsewhere in that sense. In Chapman's Odyssey it is illustrious. Ingleby reads "ill-lustrous." = III. Encounter such revolt. Meet such apostasy. Revolt is often used of faithlessness in love; as in R. and J. iv. 1. 58, Oth. iii. 3. 188, etc. Cf. iii. 4. 55 below. 112-114. Not I, etc. I do not tell you this willingly, or because I feel any pleasure in it. 115. Mutest. That would otherwise be most silent. Abbott thinks it may mean "the mutest part or corner of my conscience." 116. Charms. The plural relative often takes a singular verb. 119. Empery. Empire; as in Rich. III. iii. 7. 136: "Your right of birth, your empery, your own," etc. 120. Great'st. See on i. 1. 96 above. 121. Tomboy's. Hoidens; the only instance of the word in S That self exhibition "the very pension which you allow your husband" (Johnson). For self same, cf. M. of V. i. 1. 148: "that self way; = 10: "that self chain," etc. For exhibition = allowance (the only sense in S.), cf. T. G. of V. i. 3. 69: "What maintenance he from his friends receives, Like exhibition thou shalt have from me." See also Lear, i. 2. 25, Oth. i. 3. 238, iv. 3. 75, etc. 124. Boil'd stuff. For the allusion to the treatment for certain diseases, cf. T. of A. iv. 3. 84 fol. or Hen. V. ii. 1. 79. 127. Recoil. Fall off, prove degenerate; as in Macb. iv. 3. 19:— 'A good and virtuous nature may recoil In an imperial charge." 129. As. For. For such that, see on i. 4. 52 above. ... 130. Abuse. Deceive. See on i. 4. 123 above. 131. Me. Iachimo is putting himself in Imogen's place. The change of person in the latter part of the sentence is not uncommon in S. Cf. 31–35 above, and see on i. 1. 119. 132. Priest. For the gender, cf. Per. v. 1. 243: "my maiden priests," etc. "Leaps" (Schmidt). 133. Ramps. Cf. Milton, S. A. 139: “Fled from his lion ramp" (spring, or attack). So the verb = leap, in P. L. iv. 343: "Sporting the lion ramp'd." Some take the noun here to be harlots, a sense of which Nares quotes instances. S. uses it nowhere else. = 138. What ho, Pisanio! "Observe how, upon the villain revealing himself, she does not even answer him, but calls her faithful servant to her side before replying" (Clarke). 148. Acquainted of. Cf. Much Ado, iii. 1. 40: "to acquaint her of it," etc. 150. Saucy. Often used by S. in a much stronger sense than Cf. Oth. i. 1. 129: "bold and saucy wrongs;" the modern one. J. C. i. 3. 12: "Or else the world, too saucy with the gods, Incenses them to send destruction," etc. 151. Romish. Apparently contemptuous for Roman, but not always so used. Steevens cites Glapthorne, Wit in a Constable : "A Romish cirque or Grecian hippodrome; " and Drant, Horace: "The Romishe people wise in this," etc. S. uses the word only here. 153. Who. Often whom. Cf. iv. 2. 77 below. = 154. Not respects. A common transposition. Cf. Temp. ii. 1. 121: "I not doubt," etc. See also iv. 4. 23 below. 159. Sir. Cf. 174 and v. 5. 145 below. It is sometimes ironical, as in i. I. 166 above. 161. Most worthiest. For the double superlative, cf. ii. 3. 2 and iv. 2. 320 below. 162. Affiance. Faith, fidelity. Cf. Hen. V. ii. 2. 127: "The sweetness of affiance," etc. 165. Witch. For the masculine use, cf. C. of E. iv. 4. 160 and A. and C. i. 2. 40. 166. Into. Clarke remarks that the word "accords with the image presented of enchanting those around him into his magic circle." 169. Sets. For the omission of the relative, cf. 84 above. 171. Adventur'd. Ventured; as in W. T. iv. 4. 470, R. and J. V. 3. II, etc. 176. Fan. The metaphor is taken from the process of winnow. ing grain, as chaffless shows. Cf. Hen. VIII. v. I. III : — "I humbly thank your highness; And am right glad to catch this good occasion 190. Curious. Careful. Cf. A. rather curious than in haste," etc. For strange, see on 53 above. 199. Short. Impair, infringe. For the antithesis, cf. P. P. 210: "Short, night, to-night, and length thyself to-morrow." 206. Outstood. Outstaid. S. uses the word only here, and outstay only in A. Y. L. i. 3. 90. 207. The tender of our present. The presentation of our gift. ACT II SCENE I.- -2. Kissed the jack, etc. "He is describing his fate at bowls. The jack is the small bowl at which the others are aimed. He who is nearest to it wins. To kiss the jack is a state of great advantage" (Johnson). Upon an up-cast means "by a throw from another bowler directed straight up." 4. Take me up. Rebuke, scold; with a play upon the expression. Cf. T. G. of V. i. 2. 135: "I was taken up for laying them down," etc. 17. Smelt. For the quibble on rank, cf. A. Y. L. i. 2. 113. 21. Jack-slave. A term of contempt; like Jack in Rich. III. i. 3. 72: "Since every Jack became a gentleman, There's many a gentle person made a Jack." 24. And capon too. Perhaps with a play on "cap on," that is, the fool's coxcomb (Schmidt). 66 26. Sayest thou? What do you say? Cf. iv. 2. 380 below: Say you, sir?" See also Oth. iii. 4. 82, etc. 27. Undertake every companion. Give satisfaction to every fellow. For the contemptuous use of companion, cf. M. W. iii. 1. 123, J. C. iv. 3. 138, etc. Johnson transferred this speech to the first lord, but it is probably an ironical reply to Cloten's question as to what he is saying to himself. |