O that these hands could so redeem my son, And will again commit them to their bonds And, father cardinal, I have heard you say, 10 That we shall see and know our friends in heaven: For, since the birth of Cain, the first male child, There was not such a gracious creature born. As dim and meagre as an ague's fit; 20 When I shall meet him in the court of heaven Pandulph. You hold too heinous a respect of grief. 25 K. Phi. You are as fond of grief as of your child. Const. Grief fills the room up of my absent child, 6. Envy at, bear envy to. Besides its ordinary meaning envy often signifies hatred in Shakespeare. 13. Suspire, breathe. 14. Gracious, full of graces and attractions. 15. Canker, a caterpillar; as in"The canker galls the infants of the [Tearing off her head-dress. 35 When there is such disorder in my wit. O Lord! my boy, my Arthur, my fair son! From KING RICHARD II. 56. Richard's Despair.-Act III. Sc. 2. Which serves as paste and cover to our bones. To monarchize, be fear'd, and kill with looks; 10. Model, or module (Lat. modulus), had a general diminutive force in Shakespeare; a small portion, though always with a sort of comparison to something greater. Here it is taken by some to mean mould or pattern, either that what encloses the body itself or the raised heap of earth which makes the grave. 15. The ghosts of those they have deposed. 18. Rounds, surrounds, encompasses. "Our little life," says Prospero in The Tempest, "is rounded with a sleep." As if this flesh, which walls about our life, Bores through his castle walls, and-farewell king! For you have but mistook me all this while : How can you say to me-I am a king? 25. Humoured thus. A remarkable instance of the absolute case. It means, while he (the king) is in this humour or state of mind. From KING HENRY V. 57. King Henry's Address before Harfleur.—Act III. Sc. 1. K. Hen. Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; In peace there's nothing so becomes a man 5 But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood, 10 Let it pry through the portage of the head 8. Hard-favour'd. See not 4, extract 24, p. 38. 10. Portage, port-holes, outlet for the sight, fr. Lat. porta, a door, 11. Cannon, It. cannone, is primarily a thick cylinder, fr. Lat. canna, a reed. 13. Jutty, project out beyond; another form of the more familiar jetty, which is an embankment thrown out into the sea fr. Lat. jactum, as ditty fr. dictum. Confounded, worn or wasted by the constant dashing of the waves. 14. Swill'd, washed abundantly. 15 Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide, 20 Have in these parts from morn to even fought That those whom you call'd fathers did beget you. 25 And teach them how to war. And you, good yeomen,. That you are worth your breeding, which I doubt not; 18. Fet, old part. of fetch, as pight of pitch, raught of reach. 21. Argument, a subject, or quarrel'to fight about. 24. For explanation of copy, see "Manual of English Language," p. 305. 31. Greyhounds: the grey of this word is supposed to be the Norse grey, a bitch. Others, improbably, say canis Graius, a Grecian dog. From KING HENRY VIII. 58. Wolsey and Cromwell.-Act III. Sc. 2. Wol. Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness! 7. A ripening. See note 8, extract 25. And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders 10 This many summers in a sea of glory; But far beyond my depth: my high-blown pride Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. * * * * Why, how now, Cromwell? Crom. I have no power to speak, sir. Wol. What, amaz'd 25 At my misfortunes? can thy spirit wonder A great man should decline? Nay, an you weep, Crom. Wol. How does your grace? Why, well; Never so truly happy, my good Cromwell. 30 I know myself now; and I feel within me A peace above all earthly dignities, A still and quiet conscience. The king has cur'd me, 35 A load would sink a navy, too much honour : O, 't is a burden, Cromwell, 't is a burden, * 9. Wanton, is said to have originally meant "untrained," wan being an old negative prefix-as in wanhope, wantrust-and ton, a contraction for togen, drawn, M. E. i-togen, i-towen, which is still found in tow, tug. 10. This many summers. The phrase many summers" is here regarded as if * * it were a single word, expressive of a single notion, and accordingly takes the sing. pron. this. 19. Their ruin, the ruin they cause; their being here the subjective genitive. 24. Amazed, thrown into a maze or state of bewilderment. 26. An, if. |