The complete works of William Shakespeare Volume т. 4; With a life of the poet, explanatory footnotes, and a glossarial index

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886 Excerpt: ...by Pope. In the third line, Staunton plausibly proposes to substitute wit for it. See foot-note 12. P. 24. To give some labourer room.--In the old copies, labourers. Corrected by Warburton and Walker. Act I., Scene 3. P. 25. If I may have your ladyship's good-will togo to the world, Isbel your woman and I will do as we may.--The original has "Isbell the woman and w." The change of the to your is Dr. Badham's, who justly supposed the old contraction of your to have been mistaken for that of the. The other correction was made in the second folio. P. 26. You're shallow, madam; e'en great friends.--The old text has in instead of e'en. Corrected by Ilanmer. P. 26. For young Chnnhorme the Puritan and o/Poisson the Papist.--The old text has the names Charbon and Poysam. The correction is from a correspondent of Notes and Queries, August, 1863, who writes as follows: "The characters being French, it was long ago acutely surmised by Malone that Poysam was a misprint for Poisson,--i and long s having been taken for y;--but, unfortunately, his further supposition, that Charbon was meant to indicate the fiery zeal of the Puritans, was unsatisfactory, and gave no support to the previous conjecture. As, however, Poisson is significant of the fasting and selfdenying Papist, so I think Charbon, Chairbon, or Chairbonne, was given authentically to the fast-denying or sleek Puritan as derivable from chair bonne or bonne chair. The antithesis and the appropriateness of the allusions prove the truth of these emendations and interpretations." See foot-note 6. P. 27. Was this fair face, quoth she, the cause Why th' Grecians sacked Troy? Fond done, done fond, good sooth, it mas, Was this King Priam's joy.--So Collier's second folio. The old texts inverts the la...