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 thy baseness and' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃THE basnesse OF。〃



 mask' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃walke。〃



 My lord; &c。' Something has dropt out:  qy。 〃TAMELY

suffer〃?



 a goodly refreshing for them' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃a GOOD

refreshing TO them。〃



 Here' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃there。〃



 it from' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃it VP from。〃



 slice' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃fleece。〃



 will fall' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃will NOT fall。〃



 let' i。e。 hinder。



 while' i。e。 until。



 consort' i。e。 band。



 pen' i。e。 his sword。



 hastening' So the 4to。The 8vo 〃hasting。〃



 'specially' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃especially。〃



 Morocco' Here and in the next speech the old eds。 have

〃Morocus〃 and 〃Moroccus:〃 but see note ? p。 22。



 plage' i。e。 region。Old eds。 〃place。〃



 valour' Old eds。 〃value。〃



 again' So the 8vo。Omitted in the 4to。



 renowm'd' See note ||。 p。 11。  So the 8vo。

The 4to 〃renown'd。〃



 Damascus' Both the old eds。 here 〃Damasco:〃 but in many

other places they agree in reading 〃Damascus。〃



 remorse' i。e。 pity。



 sakes' So the 8vo。The 4to。 〃sake。〃



 blubber'd' That this word formerly conveyed no ludicrous

idea; appears from many passages of our early writers。



 And use us like a loving conqueror' 〃i。e。 And that he will

use us like; &c。〃 Ed。 1826。



 care' So the 4to。The 8vo 〃cares。〃



 helps' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃help。〃



 or' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃for。〃



 power' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃powers。〃



 knew' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃know。〃



 Reflexed' Old eds。 〃Reflexing。〃



 their' Old eds。 〃your。〃



 As' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃And。〃



 tents' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃tent。〃



 submission' Old eds。 〃submissions。〃



 of ruth and' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃AND ruth OF。〃



 conceit' i。e。 fancy; imagination。



 Hath' So the 4to。The 8vo 〃Haue。〃



 nourish'd' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃nourish。〃



 wish'd' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃wish。〃



 imperious' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃imprecious。〃



 passion' i。e。 sorrow。



 resolved' i。e。 dissolved。



 Eyes; when that Ebena steps to heaven; &c。' Either the

transcriber or the printer has made sad work with this

passage; nor am I able to suggest any probable emendation。



 fight' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃fights。〃



 Persia's' Old eds。 〃Perseans;〃 and 〃Persians。〃



 still' i。e。 distil。



 I thus conceiving; and subduing both;

That which hath stoop'd the chiefest of the gods;

Even from the fiery…spangled veil of heaven;

To feel the lovely warmth of shepherds' flames;

And mask in cottages of strowed reeds; &c。'



i。e。 I thus feeling; and also subduing; the power of Beauty;

which has drawn down the chiefest of the gods even from; &c。



The 8vo has;

   〃I thus conceiuing and subduing both。

    That which hath STOPT the TEMPEST of the Gods;

    Euen from the fiery spangled vaile of heauen;

    To feele the louely warmth of shepheards flames;

    And MARTCH in cottages of strowed WEEDS;〃 &c。



The 4to has;

   〃I thus concieuing and subduing both;

    That which hath STOPT the TEMPEST of the Gods;

    Euen from the SPANGLED FIRIE vaile of heauen;

    To feele the louely warmth of Shepheardes flames;

    And MARCH in COATCHES of strowed WEEDES;〃 &c。



The alterations which I have made in this corrupted passage are

supported by the following lines of the play;



   〃See now; ye slaves; my children STOOP YOUR PRIDE 'i。e。 make

      your pride to stoop';

    And lead your bodies sheep…like to the sword。〃

        Part Second;act iv。 sc。 1。



   〃The chiefest god; FIRST MOVER OF THAT SPHERE〃; &c。

        Part First;act iv。 sc。 2。



   〃Jove SOMETIME masked IN A SHEPHERD'S WEED〃; &c。

        Part First;act i。 sc。 2。



Perhaps in the third line of the present passage 〃fiery…spangled〃

should be 〃FIRE…YSPANGLED。〃



 Attend。' Old eds。 〃An。〃 (a misprint probably); which the

modern editors understand as 〃Anippe〃 (the waiting…maid of

Zenocrate)。



 March on us with' So the 4to。The 8vo 〃MARTCHT on WITH

vs with。〃



 As if there were no way but one with us' i。e。 as if we

were to lose our lives。  This phrase; which is common in our

early writers; was not obsolete in Dryden's time:  〃for; if he

heard the malicious trumpeter proclaiming his name before his

betters; he knew THERE WAS BUT ONE WAY WITH HIM。〃 Preface to

ALL FOR LOVE。



 pore' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃dore。〃



 in' i。e。 on。



 stay' Old eds。 〃aie〃 and 〃aye。〃



 retorqued' i。e。 bent back in reflections on our former

happiness。  So the 8vo。The 4to 〃retortued。〃



 A' Old eds。 〃As。〃



 Elysium' Old eds。 〃Elisian。〃



 thoughts' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃thought。〃



 parbreak' i。e。 vomit。



 abjection' Old eds。 〃obiection。〃



 villainess' i。e。 servant; slave;



 ruth' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃truth。〃



 resolve' i。e。 dissolve。



 bann'd' i。e。 cursed。



 the' So the 4to。The 8vo 〃thy。〃



 ever…living' So the 8vo。The 4to。 〃euerlasting。〃



 give' So the 4to。The 8vo 〃AND giue。〃



 her' Must mean Zenocrate; whom Zabina fancies herself to

be addressing。



 Let the soldiers be buried。Hell; death; Tamburlaine'

So the 8vo。Omitted in the 4to。  (Where the modern editors got

their reading; 〃Let the soldiers be CURSED;〃 I know not。)



 Make ready my coach' Shakespeare seems to have remembered

this passage when he made Ophelia say; 〃Come; my coach;〃 &c。

HAMLET; act iv。 sc。 5。



 I come; I come; I come' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃I come; I

come。〃



 Egyptians'' So the 4to。The 8vo 〃Egiptian。'



 The' Old eds。 〃Thy。〃



 thy' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃thine。〃



 war' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃warres。〃



 Come' Old eds。 〃Comes〃 and 〃Comep。〃



 Armed' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃Armes。〃



 final' So the 4to。The 8vo 〃small。〃



 King of Arabia' i。e。 Alcidamus; see p。 10; l。 9; sec。 col。



   



 thy' So the 4to。The 8vo 〃my。〃



 conceit' i。e。 fancy; imagination。



 have' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃hath。〃



 Euphrates' So our old poets invariably; I believe;

accentuate this word。  



 should' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃shall。〃



 sweat' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃sweare。〃



 wide…gaping' Old eds。 〃wide GASPING。〃



 resolv'd' i。e。 dissolved。



 Millions' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃Million。〃



 Elysium' Old eds。 〃Elisian。〃



 Renowmed' See note ||; p。 11。  So the 8vo。

The 4to 〃Renowned。〃



 record' i。e。 take to witness。



 no further time' i。e。 no more distant time。



 the' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃my。〃



 I not' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃not I。〃



 Else' So the 4to。The 8vo 〃Then。〃



 on' So the 4to。Omitted in the 8vo。



 as beseems' So the 4to。The 8vo 〃as BEST beseemes。〃



 We will our rites; &c。' Old eds。 〃We will our CELEBRATED

rites;〃 &c。〃The word 'CELEBRATED' occurs in both the old

editions; but may well be dispensed with as regards both the

sense and measure。〃 Ed。 1826。 〃I think this word got into the

text from either the author or printer; who was perhaps the

editor; doubting whether to use 'SOLEMNIZE' or 'CELEBRATE;'

and it slipt from the margin; where it was probably placed;

into the verse itself。〃 J。 M。 in GENT。 MAG。 for Jan。 1841。











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