The plays of William Shakespeare Volume 14 ; With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators

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. 1809 Excerpt: ... I cannot but think the line corrupted, and would read: Against his party,for the duke of Albany! Joimson. Upon his party--i. e. on his behalf. Henley. 9 Advise yourself. i. e. consider, recollect yourself. So, in Tvxlffh Night: " Advise you what you say." Steevens. 1-/ have seen drunkards Do more than this in sport. So, in a passage already quoted in a note on The Winter's Tale. Act II, sc. ii. " Have I not been drunk for your health, eat glasses, drunk urine, stabbed arms, and done all offices of protested gallantry for your sake!"--Marston's Dutch Courtezan. Steevens. 2 Mumbling of wicked charms, conjuring the moon--This was a proper circumstance to urge to Gloster; who appears, by what passed between him and his bastard son in a foregoing scene, to be Ytry superstitious with regard to this matter. Warburton. The quartos read, warbling instead of mumbling. Steevens. To stand his auspicious mistress:3 Glo. But where is he? Rdm. Look, sir, I bleed. Glo. Where is the villain, Edmund? Mdm. Fled this way, sir. When by no means he could--Glo. Pursue him, ho!--Go after.--Exit Serv. By no means,--what? Edm. Persuade me to the murder of your lordship; But that I told him, the revenging gods 'Gainst parricides did all their thunders4 bend; Spoke, with how manifold and strong a bond The child was bound to the father;--Sir, in fine, Seeing how lolhly opposite I stood To his unnatural purpose, in fell motion, With his prepared sword, he charges home My unprovided body, lanc'd mine arm: But when he saw my best alarum'd spirits, Bold in the quarrel's right, rous'd to the encounter, Or whether gasted5 by the noise I made, Full suddenly he fled. Glo. Let him fly far: Not in this land shall he remain uncaught; And found--Despatch.--The noble duke6 my m...