consequences of breach of trust is the diminution of that confidence which makes the happiness of life, and the dissemination of suspicion, which is the poison of society" (Johnson).

Show. Appear. Cf. V. and A. 366; R. of L. 252, 395; M. of V. ii. 2. 193, iv. I. 196, etc.

=

134. In modest complement. "That is, in a corresponding outward appearance (Schmidt). St. makes complement · "accomplishments, perfection, completeness; applied sometimes to mental, sometimes to physical attainments, and occasionally, as here, merely to the taste and elegance displayed in dress." He quotes a note of Drayton's upon the Epistle from Geraldine to Lord Surrey: "but Apparell and the outward Appearance intituled Complement." The modern distinction of comple ment and compliment is not found in the early eds. of S., the former being the only orthography.

135. Not working, etc. Not trusting the air or look of any man till he had tried him by enquiry and conversation (Johnson).

136. And but in purged judgment, etc. And trusting neither eye nor ear except after careful scrutiny of the reasons for doing so.

137. Bolted. Sifted, refined. Cf. Cor. iii. 1. 322: "bolted language." 139. To mark, etc. The folio has "To make." The emendation is due to Theo.

Full-fraught and best indued most gifted and most richly endowed. Gr. 398. For the thought, cf. Cymb. iii. 4. 63 :

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so thou, Posthumus,

Wilt lay the leaven on all proper men;

Goodly and gallant shall be false and perjur'd
From thy great fall."

147. Henry. The quarto reading; the folio has "Thomas," which is wrong.

151. Discover'd. Uncovered, disclosed.

Gr. 439.

159. Which. As to which. Gr. 272. Sufferance=suffering; or “death by execution" (Schmidt). 165. My fault, etc.

Reed quotes the words of Parry, a conspirator against Queen Elizabeth: " Discharge me a culpa, but not a pœna, good

ladie."

169. Earnest. Earnest money; "a part paid beforehand as a pledge” (Schmidt). Cf. W. T. iv. 4. 659: Indeed, I have had earnest; but I cannot with conscience take it," etc.

175. Tender. Cherish, take care of. Cf. Rich. II. i. 1. 32: "Tendering the precious safety of my prince," etc.

176. You have sought. The quarto reading; the 1st folio omits have, and the later folios have "you three sought.'

181. Dear. Grievous. See Rich. II. p. 164, or Temp. p. 124.

188. Rub. Obstacle, impediment. Cf. Rich. II. iii. 4. 4: "the world is full of rubs ;" and see note in our ed. p. 197.

190. Puissance. See on i. prol. 25.

191. Expedition. March. Cf 7. C. iv. 3. 170: "Bending their expe dition toward Philippi," etc.

192. Cheerly. Cheerfully, gladly. Cf. Temp. i. 1.6: "Cheerly, cheerly, my hearts!" Rich. II. i. 3. 66: "cheerly drawing breath," etc.

The signs of war = banners. On advance, cf. L. L. L. iv. 3. 367: “Advance your standards;" K. John, ii. 1. 207: "These flags of France, that are advanced here," etc.

SCENE III.-I. Honey-sweet. Cf. T. and C. iii. 1. 71: "honey-sweet lord;" Id. iii. 1. 154: honey-sweet queen."

Bring thee accompany thee. Cf. W. T. iv. 3. 122: "Shall I bring thee on the way?" See also Gen. xviii. 16; Acts, xxi. 5; 2 Cor. i. 16, etc. 3. Yearn. Grieve, mourn. The word is "erne" in the 1st and 2d folios, "yern" in the 3d and 4th. See F. C. p. 153, note on The heart of Brutus yearns to think upon.

8. Arthur's bosom. Mrs. Quickly is not strong on Scripture.

9. Finer. Johnson thought this a blunder for final, but it is more likely fine, as Malone and Schmidt make it.

10. Christom. A blunder for chrisom. The chrisom was the white vesture put upon the child after baptism, and worn until the mother came to be churched. Blount, in his Glossography, 1678, says that chrisoms in the bills of mortality are such children as die within the month of birth, because during that time they were to wear the chrisom cloth.

12. The turning o' the tide. Alluding to the old notion that nobody dies except at the ebb of the tide.

15. A' babbled of green fields. The folio has "a Table of greene fields." The emendation is Theobald's, and is generally adopted. W. calls it "the most felicitous conjectural emendation ever made of Shakespeare's text." It is sustained by the preceding "play with flowers." Various other corrections have been suggested, but they are hardly worth mentioning.

19. A' should not think of God. Malone suggests that S. may have been indebted to the following story in Wits, Fits, and Fancies, 1595: "A gentlewoman fearing to be drowned, said, now Jesu receive our soules! Soft, mistress, answered the waterman; I trow, we are not come to that passe yet."

23. Upward and upward. W. prints "up'ard, and up'ard," and says, "Thus the original, very characteristically." But the folio has "vppeer'd, and vpward ;" and the quarto, "vpward, and vpward." 25. Of sack. For of about, concerning, see Gr. 174.

30. Carnation. Mrs. Quickly confounds incarnate and carnation ; but the former was sometimes used for the latter. Henderson quotes Questions of Love, 1566: "Yelowe, pale, redde, blue, whyte, graye, and incarnate;" and Reed adds from the Inventory of the Furniture to be provided for the Reception of the Royal Family, at the Restoration, 1660: "the rich incarnate velvet bed;" and again: "his majesty's incarnate velvet bed."

41. Pitch and pay. A proverbial expression of the time. Steevens quotes several examples of it; as from Blurt Master Constable, 1602: "will you pitch and pay, or will your worship run?” Farmer adds from Florio: "Pitch and paie, and go your waie."

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44. Hold-fast, etc. Alluding to the old proverb, "Brag is a good dog, but hold-fast is a better" (Douce).

45. Caveto. Take care, be cautious. The quarto has “cophetua." 46. Clear thy crystals. Dry thine eyes; though Johnson thought it might better mean "wash thy glasses."

For the singular form, see Gr. 335.
"With more than common care

SCENE IV.-1. Comes. 2. More than carefully. (Johnson). 5. Make forth. Go forth. Cf. J. C. v. 1. 25: “Make forth; the generals would have some words," etc.

7. Line. Strengthen, fortify. Cf. Macb. i. 3. 112: "did line the rebel ;" and see note in our ed. p. 164. See also on i. 2. 72 above.

9. England. The King of England. Cf. K. John, iii. 4. 8: “And bloody England into England gone," etc. See Mach. p. 239. Cf. T. G. of V. i. 1. 81: "A silly answer

II. Fits. Befits, becomes.

and fitting well a sheep," etc.

13. Fatal and neglected. "Fatally neglected, neglected to our destruction" (Schmidt).

16. Dull. Make inert and careless. Cf. Oth. ii. 3. 394: "Dull not device by coldness and delay."

18. Musters. Levies of troops. For the arrangement, cf. M. N. D. iii. 1. 113, 114; Ham. iii. 1. 151; Macb. i. 3. 60, etc.

20. As were. See Gr. 107.

25. A Whitsun morris - dance.

An ancient dance in which the per

formers were dressed in grotesque costume, with bells, etc. description of it, see Douce's Illustrations of Shakespeare.

For a full

"and

26. King'd. Furnished with a king. In Rich. II. v. 5. 36 it is made a king. Steevens quotes Warner's Albion's England, viii. 42 : king'd his sister's son."

28. Humorous. Capricious. In K. John, ii. 1. 119 Fortune is called "her humorous ladyship."

31. Question your grace.

For the "optative subjunctive," see Gr. 364. 34. In exception. In taking exception, making objections. Cf. 1 Hen. IV. i. 3. 78; Ham. v. 2. 242, etc.

35. Constant.

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Firm, unshaken; as in ii. 2. 133 above. Cf. J. C. iii. 1. 22: Cassius, be constant;" Id. iii. 1. 60: "constant as the northern star," etc.

36. Forespent. Past. In Cymb. ii. 3. 64, it is previously bestowed; and in 2 Hen. IV. i. 1. 37, exhausted.

37, 38. Malone compares R. of L. 1807:

Boswell remarks that the best commentary on the passage will be found in Prince Henry's soliloquy in 1 Hen. IV. i. 2. 219–241.

46. Projection. Projecting, plan, calculation. Cf. Gr. 451. The construction is somewhat confused, but the meaning, as Malone suggests. evidently is, "which proportions of defence, when weakly and niggardly projected, resemble a miser who spoils his coat," etc.

50. Hath been flesh'd. Hath preyed. Cf. 2 Hen. IV. iv. 5. 133:

53. For much, see Gr. 51.

54. Was struck. Schmidt compares Cymb. v. 5. 468: "the stroke of this battle." Steevens quotes the title of one of Sir David Lyndsay's poems: "How king Ninus began the first warres and strake the first battell." 55. Captiv'd. S. does not use the verb elsewhere. Gr. 290.

57. His mountain sire. Theo, would read “mounting"=high-minded, aspiring. The Coll. MS. has "mighty." Steevens quotes Spenser, F. Q. i. II. 4: "Where stretcht he lay upon the sunny side Of a great hill, himselfe like a great hill."

As Malone remarks, the repetition of mountain is much in the poet's manner. See Macb. p. 250, note on Stuff'd bosom of that perilous stuff. 64. Fate. "Great good fortune ordained by destiny" (Schmidt). Cf. A. and C. iii. 13. 169: "I will oppose his fate."

70. Most spend their mouths. "That is, bark; the sportsman's term (Johnson). Cf. V. and A. 695: "Then do they spend their mouths." See also M. N. D. iv. 1. 128 and 1 Hen. VI. ii. 4. 12. 72. Good my sovereign. See Gr. 13.

See Hen. VIII. p. 162,

80. Longs. Not "longs," as often printed. note on Longing. For the singular form, see Gr. 247.

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85. Sinister. For the accent, see Gr. 490. Awkward perverse, unbecoming" (Schmidt).

88. Line. Pedigree; as it is called two lines below.

90. Overlook. Look over, read. Cf. Ham. iv. 6. 13: "when thou shalt have overlooked this," etc.

91. Evenly. "In a straight line, directly" (Schmidt). Cf. 1 Hen. IV. iii. 1. 103: "In a new channel, fair and evenly."

99. Fiery. The folio has "fierce," an easy misprint for "fierie.” Walker made the correction, which is adopted by D., W., and others. IOI. Will compel. See Gr. 311 and 348.

103. For "to omitted and inserted," see Gr. 350.

105. Vasty. See on ii. 2. 123; and for the use of and, Gr. 95.

113. For us. As for us.

124. Womby. See Gr. 450. 125. Chide your trespass.

Gr. 149.

That is, sound it abroad, proclaim it aloud

Cf. Temp. iii. 3. 99: "it did bass my trespass." For chiding-resounding, cf. Hen. VIII. iii. 2. 197: "the chiding flood." See also 1 Hen. IV. iii. 1. 45: "the sea That chides the banks of England," etc.

126. Ordinance. Ordnance. Cf. K. John, ii. 1. 218, and see extract from Holinshed, p. 136 above. In iii. prol. 26, where the word is a dissyllable, the folio has "Ordenance;" so "Ordinance" in Ham. v. 2. 281. But we find "Ordnance" in T. of S. i. 2. 204 and 1 Hen. VI. i. 4. 15.

132. Louvre. According to some writers the ancient palace of the Louvre was built in the 7th century. What is now called the "Old Louvre" was begun in 1528 under Francis I., and completed by Henry II. in 1548.

137. Masters. Possesses. Cf. Sonn. 106. 8: "Even such a beauty as you master now;" M. of V. v. 1. 174: “the wealth That the world masters," etc.

143. Footed. Landed. Cf. Lear, iii. 3. 14 and iii. 7. 45.

PROLOGUE. With imagin'd wing. With the speed of imagination. Cf. M. of V. iii. 4. 52: "with imagin'd speed." L