Critical Notes.

BY ISRAEL GOLLANCZ.

I. i. 18. Grates me: the sum.'; Folio 1, 'Grates me, the summe.'; Folios 2, 3, 'Rate me, the summe.'; Rowe, 'Rate me the sum.'; Pope, 'It grates me. Tell the sum.'; Capell, ''T grates me:-The sum.'; Steevens (1793), 'Grates me:-The sum.'

I. i. 60-61. liar, who Thus speaks of him'; Pope reads 'liar Fame, Who speaks him thus.'

I. ii. 5. 'charge'; Warburton and Southern MS. conj., adopted by Theobald; Folios, 'change'; Jackson conj. ' chain'; Williams conj. "'hang.'

I. ii. 38. fertile'; Warburton conj., adopted by Theobald; Folios, foretell' and 'foretel'; Pope, 'foretold'; Collier MS., 'fruitful.

I. ii. 59-60. 'Alexas,-come'; Theobald's reading of the Folio text, where Alexas is erroneously printed as though the name of the speaker.

I. ii. 79. Saw you my lord?'; so Folios 2, 3, 4; Folio 1 reads 'Saue you, my lord.'

I. ii. 100-105. The arrangement of the text was first given by Steevens.

I. ii. III. ' minds'; Warburton conj., adopted by Hanmer; Folios 1, 2, 'windes'; Collier conj. 'wints.'

I. ii. 129. enchanting'; so Folio 1; omitted in Folios 2, 3, 4; Rowe reads 'Ægyptian.'

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I. ii. 138. a compelling occasion'; Rowe's emendation of Folios, a compelling an occasion'; Nicholson conj. 'so compelling an occasion,' etc.

I. ii. 195-196. like the courser's hair,' etc., alluding to the popular notion that horsehair put into water will turn into a snake

or worm.

I. iv. 3. 'Our'; Heath and Johnson conj., adopted by Singer; Folios, ' One'; Hanmer, 'A.'

I. iv. 22. 'as'; Johnson conj. 'and.'

I. iv. 46. lackeying'; 'lacquying,' Theobald's correction from Anon. MS.; Folios, lacking'; Pope, 'lashing'; Southern MS., 'backing.'

I. v. 48. an arm-gaunt'; Folios, an Arme-gaunt'; Hanmer, 'an arm-girt'; Mason conj., adopted by Steevens, 1793, 'a termagant'; Jackson conj. 'a war-gaunt'; Boaden conj., adopted by Singer, an arrogant'; Lettsom conj. ‘a rampaunt'; the latter ingenious emendation certainly commends itself; unless armgaunt' 'having lean fore-limbs.'

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I. v. 50. beastly'; Hanmer, 'beast-like'; Collier MS., 'boastfully'; Becket conj. ' basely.'

II. i. 10. 'powers are crescent'; Theobald reads, 'pow'r's a crescent'; Becket conj. 'power is crescent'; Anon. conj. 'power's a-crescent,'

II. ii. 44. 'Was theme for you,' i.e. ‘had you for its theme'; Johnson conj. 'Had theme from you'; Collier (ed. 2), 'For theme was you'; Staunton conj. 'Had you for theme'; Orson conj. 'Was known for yours,' etc.

II. ii. III. your considerate stone, i.e. 'I am silent as a stone'; Heath conj. 'your confederate love'; Johnson, 'your considerate ones'; Blackstone

II. ii. 218. 'Antony, throned the market-place, did sit alone.' A good idea of the public enthronement of the Roman emperors is afforded

'Anthony enthroned in the marketplace did sit alone.

by the accompanying engraving of a coin of Trajan. The emperor superintends the bestowal of gifts upon his citizens by his steward.

II. iii. 2. my prayers'; Rowe reads 'in prayers'; Collier MS., 'with prayers.'

II. iii. 22. a fear'; Collier (ed. 2), Thirlby conj. 'afeard'; S. Walker conj. 'afear.'

'His cocks do win the battle!

II. iii. 30. he away, 'tis'; Pope's emendation of Folio 1, 'he alway 'tis'; Folios 2, 3, 4, he alway is.'

II. iii. 36. His cocks do win the battle.' The accompanying representation of a cock-fight, presided over by two genii deeply interested in the game, is derived from a bas-relief on an ancient Roman lamp in terra cotta.

II. iii. 38. 'inhoop'd,' i.e. enclosed in a hoop; Hanmer, 'incoop'd'; Seward conj., adopted by Capell, in whoop'd-at.' II. v. 12. Tawny-finn'd'; Theobald's emendation of Folios, 'Tawny-fine'; Rowe reads ' Tawny-fin.'

II. v. 103. That art not what thou'rt sure of!'; Hanmer,

I That say'st but what thou'rt

sure of'; Johnson conj. 'That art-not what?-Thou'rt sure on't,' etc.; perhaps the words of the text mean that are not the evil thing of which thou art so certain '; other interpretations have been advanced.

II. v. 116. 'Though he be painted one way like a Gorgon,' alluding to the old 'perspective' pictures showing one ricture from one point of view, another from another standpoint.

II. vii. 52. 'the tears of it are wet'; Topsell's History of Serpents (1608) refers to the

common proverbe crocodili lachrimæ.' (The popular sixteenth century notions of the form of the crocodile are seen in the annexed engraving, which is copied from an old woodcut.)

II. vii. 76. 'there'; Pope, ' then '; Steevens conj. 'theirs.' II. vii. 97. 'increase the reels'; Steevens and grease the wheels'; Douce increase the revels.

II. vii. 115. bear'; Theobald's emendation; Folios, 'beat.'

III. v. 14. Then, world, thou hast'; Hanmer's emendation; Folios, Then would thou hadst '; Warburton MS., 'Then would thou hadst';' chaps, no,' Theobald's reading of Folios, chaps no.' III. vi. 53. 'left unloved'; Collier MS., ' held unloved'; Singer conj., adopted by Hudson, 'felt unloved'; Seymour conj., 'left unvalued.'

III. vii. 5. 'If not denounced against us'; Hanmer reads, 'Is't not denounc'd 'gainst us?'; Jackson conj., 'Is't not? Denounce against us!'; etc.

III. vii. 69. his whole action grows Not in the power on 't,' i.e. "his whole conduct in the war is not founded upon that which is his greatest strength, namely, his land force, but on the caprice of a woman," etc. (Malone).

III. xii. 13. 'lessens'; Folio, 'Lessons.' Mr. A. E. Thiselton, in support of the Folio reading, which he interprets 'schools' or 'disciplines,' calls attention to the initial capital letter indicating 'an emphasis which the feeble lessens would hardly carry.'

III. xii. 28-29. 'And in our name, what she requires; add more, From thine invention, offers'; Grant White conj., 'What she requires; and in our name add more Offers from thine invention'; Walker, and more From thine invention offer!'

III. xiii. 162. Cæsarion smite'; Hanmer's emendation; Folios, 'Cæsarian smile.'

IV. iv. 3. mine'; Folios, 'thine.'

IV. iv. 5-8. The text follows Malone's arrangement and reading (vide Cambridge Edition, Note VI.).

IV. v. 17. Dispatch. Enobarbus!'; Steevens (1773) reading; Folio 1, 'Dispatch Enobarbus'; Folio 2, 'Dispatch Eros'; Folios 3, 4, Dispatch, Eros'; Pope, 'dispatch my Eros'; Johnson conj. 'Dispatch! To Enobarbus!'; Capell,' Dispatch.-O Enobarbus!'; Rann, 'Eros! Dispatch'; Ritson conj., adopted by Steevens 1793, 'Eros, despatch'; Anon. conj., 'Domitius Enobarbus!'.

IV. vi. 13. persuade'; Rowe's correction of Folios, 'disswade.' IV. viii. 23. 'favouring'; Theobald's emendation of Folios, 'savouring.'

IV. xii. 25. 'soul'; Capell, 'soil'; Singer (ed. 2) from Collier MS., 'spell'; S. Walker conj., 'snake': 'grave'; Pope reads

'gay'; Collier (ed. 2) from Collier MS., 'great'; Singer (ed. 2), grand.'

IV. xiv. 87. Lo thee'; Grant White conj., 'Lo there.'

IV. xv. 10. Burn the great sphere'; Hanmer, Turn from the sphere'; Warburton, ' Turn from th' great sphere.'

IV. xv. II. ' shore'; Staunton conj., adopted by Hudson, 'star?' IV. xv. 21. 'I dare not'; Malone conj., 'I dare not descend'; Ritson conj., adopted by Wordsworth, 'I dare not come down'; Anon. conj., from Plutarch, 'I dare not ope the gates'; etc.

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IV. xv. 44. the false housewife Fortune break her wheel.' (Cp. illustration.)

IV. xv. 73. 'No more, but e'en a woman'; Capell's version; Folios read 'No more but in a Woman'; Rowe, 'No more but a meer woman'; Johnson conj., adopted by Steevens, 1773, 1778, 'No more-but e'en a woman.'

V. i. 15. crack: the round world'; Steevens conj., 'crack than this: the ruin'd world'; Singer conj., 'crack: the round world convulsive'; Nicholson

conj., crack: the round world in rending'; Daniel conj., 'crack in the round world'; etc.

V. i. 24. 'Splitted the heart'; Collier MS., Split that self noble heart'; Elze conj., 'Splitted that very heart.'

V. i. 59-60. 'live To be ungentle'; Rowe (ed. 2) and Southern MS.; Folios read 'leaue to be ungentle'; Capell, 'Leave to be gentle'; Tyrwhitt conj., 'learn To be ungentle'; Gould conj., 'bear to be ungentle.'

V. ii. 7. 'dug'; Warburton conj., adopted by Theobald, ' dugg'; Folios, 'dung'; Nicholson conj., 'tongue'; Cartwright conj., 'wrong'; Bailey conj., 'doom.'

V. ii. 50. necessary'; Hanmer. 'accessary'; Malone conj., necessary, I'll not so much as syllable a word'; Ritson conj., necessary, I will not speak; if sleep be necessary.'

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V. ii. 87. an autumn 'twas'; Theobald and Thirlby conj.; Folios read an Anthony it was'; etc.

V. ii. 104. 'smites'; Capell's emendation; Folios 1, 2, 'suites';