The plays ¬of ¬William ¬Shakspeare Volume 4; In 21 volumes with corrections and illustrations of various commentatores. Tempest. Two Gentlemen of Verona. Midsummer Night's Dream

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. 1803 Excerpt: ...general P ' Heir in our author's time (as it sometimes is now) was applied to females, as well as males. The old copy reads--And heir. The correfit-ion was made in the third folio. MALONE. To make a virtue of necefiity, ' And live, as we do, in this wilderness P consort P. Say, ay, and be the captain of us all:-We'll do thee homag, and be rul'd by thee, Love thee as our commander, and our king. 2 OUT. Thou thalt not live to brag what we have off'er'd. ' PR0. Already have I been false to Valentine, And now I must be as unjust to Thurio. Under the colour of commending him, I have access my own love to prefer; But Silvia is too fair, too true, too holy, To be corrupted with my worthless gifts. Tzrv. How now, fir Proteus? are you crept before us P PRO. Ay, gentle Thurio; for, you know, that love Will creep in service where it cannot go.7 THU. Ithank you for your own. Now, gentlemen, Let's tune, and to it lustily a while. U. Then to Silvia let us sing, That Silvia is excelling; She excels each mortal thing, Upon the dull earth dwelling: To her let us garlands bring. ' Hosr. How now P are you sadder than you were before P How do you, man? the musick likes you not. Hosr. II perceive, you delight not in mufic-k. JUL. Not a whit, when it jars so. Hosr. Hark, what fine change is in the mufick 2 JUL. Ay; that change is the spite. HosT. You would have them always play but one thing P ' JUL. I. would always have one play but one thing. But, holt, doth this fir Proteus, that we talk on, often resort unto this gentlewoman? HOST. I tell you what Launce, his man, told me, he loved her out of all nick.' I out of all nick. Beyond all reckoning or count. Reckonings are kept upon nicked or notched sticks or tallies. PRO. One, lady, if you knew his pure heart's truth, Y0u'd quic...