FOOTNOTES:[164]Tolevell at, orto hit the white, were phrases taken from archery, and often used by our ancient writers.The whitewasthe markat which archers practised when they learned to shoot. So in Massinger's "Emperor of the East," act iv. sc. 3—"The immortality of my fameis the whiteI shoot at;"in Beaumont and Fletcher's "Four [Plays in One" (Dyce's edit.), ii. 512]—"And let your thoughts flee higher; aim them right,Sir, you may hit, you havethe fairest white;"in Lyly's "Euphues and his England," 1582—"Vertueis the whitewe shoot at, not vanitie" (p. 11). Again, "He glaunced from the marke Euphues shot at, and hit at lastthe whitewhich Philautus set up" (p. 18).Again, "An archer saye you, is to be knowen by his aime, not by his arrowe: but your aime is so ill, that if you knewe howe farre widefrom the whiteyour shaft sticketh, you would hereafter rather breake your bowe then bend it."—Ibid.57.[165]In this speech are to be found the outlines of the character ofZanga, so admirably drawn by Dr Young. The plot of theRevengeis, however, said to have been taken from Mrs Behn's play of "Abdelazar," which was borrowed from "Lust's Dominion; or, The Lascivious Queen."[166][Old copy,and.][167]So in "Cymbeline," act v. sc. 3—"I in mine own woe charm'd,Could not find death, where I did hear him groan;Nor feel him, where he struck: being an ugly monster,'Tis strange, he hides him in fresh cups, soft beds,Sweet words; or hath more ministers than weThat draw his knives i' th' war."[168][Mr Collier's correction. Old copy,leave.][169]Embrace.[170][i.e., Surround, crown.][171]See note to "The Miseries of Enforced Marriage" [ix. 538.][172][Old copy,a young.][173]Old copy readsthirstiest.[174]So Milton, in "Paradise Lost," bk. iv. 1. 159—"As when to them who sailBeyond the Cape of Hope, and now are pastMozambique, off at sea north-east winds blowSabean odours from the spicy shoreOf Araby the blest: with such delayWell pleas'd they slack their course, and many a leagueCheer'd with the grateful smell old Ocean smiles."[175][Debauched.]
[164]Tolevell at, orto hit the white, were phrases taken from archery, and often used by our ancient writers.The whitewasthe markat which archers practised when they learned to shoot. So in Massinger's "Emperor of the East," act iv. sc. 3—"The immortality of my fameis the whiteI shoot at;"in Beaumont and Fletcher's "Four [Plays in One" (Dyce's edit.), ii. 512]—"And let your thoughts flee higher; aim them right,Sir, you may hit, you havethe fairest white;"in Lyly's "Euphues and his England," 1582—"Vertueis the whitewe shoot at, not vanitie" (p. 11). Again, "He glaunced from the marke Euphues shot at, and hit at lastthe whitewhich Philautus set up" (p. 18).Again, "An archer saye you, is to be knowen by his aime, not by his arrowe: but your aime is so ill, that if you knewe howe farre widefrom the whiteyour shaft sticketh, you would hereafter rather breake your bowe then bend it."—Ibid.57.
[164]Tolevell at, orto hit the white, were phrases taken from archery, and often used by our ancient writers.The whitewasthe markat which archers practised when they learned to shoot. So in Massinger's "Emperor of the East," act iv. sc. 3—
"The immortality of my fameis the whiteI shoot at;"
in Beaumont and Fletcher's "Four [Plays in One" (Dyce's edit.), ii. 512]—
"And let your thoughts flee higher; aim them right,Sir, you may hit, you havethe fairest white;"
"And let your thoughts flee higher; aim them right,Sir, you may hit, you havethe fairest white;"
in Lyly's "Euphues and his England," 1582—"Vertueis the whitewe shoot at, not vanitie" (p. 11). Again, "He glaunced from the marke Euphues shot at, and hit at lastthe whitewhich Philautus set up" (p. 18).
Again, "An archer saye you, is to be knowen by his aime, not by his arrowe: but your aime is so ill, that if you knewe howe farre widefrom the whiteyour shaft sticketh, you would hereafter rather breake your bowe then bend it."—Ibid.57.
[165]In this speech are to be found the outlines of the character ofZanga, so admirably drawn by Dr Young. The plot of theRevengeis, however, said to have been taken from Mrs Behn's play of "Abdelazar," which was borrowed from "Lust's Dominion; or, The Lascivious Queen."
[165]In this speech are to be found the outlines of the character ofZanga, so admirably drawn by Dr Young. The plot of theRevengeis, however, said to have been taken from Mrs Behn's play of "Abdelazar," which was borrowed from "Lust's Dominion; or, The Lascivious Queen."
[166][Old copy,and.]
[166][Old copy,and.]
[167]So in "Cymbeline," act v. sc. 3—"I in mine own woe charm'd,Could not find death, where I did hear him groan;Nor feel him, where he struck: being an ugly monster,'Tis strange, he hides him in fresh cups, soft beds,Sweet words; or hath more ministers than weThat draw his knives i' th' war."
[167]So in "Cymbeline," act v. sc. 3—
"I in mine own woe charm'd,Could not find death, where I did hear him groan;Nor feel him, where he struck: being an ugly monster,'Tis strange, he hides him in fresh cups, soft beds,Sweet words; or hath more ministers than weThat draw his knives i' th' war."
"I in mine own woe charm'd,Could not find death, where I did hear him groan;Nor feel him, where he struck: being an ugly monster,'Tis strange, he hides him in fresh cups, soft beds,Sweet words; or hath more ministers than weThat draw his knives i' th' war."
[168][Mr Collier's correction. Old copy,leave.]
[168][Mr Collier's correction. Old copy,leave.]
[169]Embrace.
[169]Embrace.
[170][i.e., Surround, crown.]
[170][i.e., Surround, crown.]
[171]See note to "The Miseries of Enforced Marriage" [ix. 538.]
[171]See note to "The Miseries of Enforced Marriage" [ix. 538.]
[172][Old copy,a young.]
[172][Old copy,a young.]
[173]Old copy readsthirstiest.
[173]Old copy readsthirstiest.
[174]So Milton, in "Paradise Lost," bk. iv. 1. 159—"As when to them who sailBeyond the Cape of Hope, and now are pastMozambique, off at sea north-east winds blowSabean odours from the spicy shoreOf Araby the blest: with such delayWell pleas'd they slack their course, and many a leagueCheer'd with the grateful smell old Ocean smiles."
[174]So Milton, in "Paradise Lost," bk. iv. 1. 159—
"As when to them who sailBeyond the Cape of Hope, and now are pastMozambique, off at sea north-east winds blowSabean odours from the spicy shoreOf Araby the blest: with such delayWell pleas'd they slack their course, and many a leagueCheer'd with the grateful smell old Ocean smiles."
"As when to them who sailBeyond the Cape of Hope, and now are pastMozambique, off at sea north-east winds blowSabean odours from the spicy shoreOf Araby the blest: with such delayWell pleas'd they slack their course, and many a leagueCheer'd with the grateful smell old Ocean smiles."
[175][Debauched.]
[175][Debauched.]