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FOOTNOTES:[1262]Scenes not numbered in Qtos. Localities as indicated by W., in general accepted. Framlingham and Fressingfield,—"Suffolke side." Sc. iv. 33.[1263]Q 1, 'Edwardthe first.'[1264]Of late. Cf.Ep.toFarewell to Folly(S. R. 1587).[1265]Outstripped.[1266]Hounds that roused and teased the game. Cf.Play of Wether, ll. 292-293.[1267]'Nor have,' Dy. and W., separate line; but Qtos., a senarius as here. For metres see Appendix; for thisD.3b.[1268]Qtos. and eds.: no dash, but period after 'dumpe.' AppendixC, 1b.[1269]Dy. and W., 'off.'[1270]A coarse woollen cloth, cf.Eastw. Hoe"stammel petticoat," in contempt. Here apparently of the kind of red; so, perhaps, Alleyn's Inventory (Collier'sMems. of E. A., Shakesp. Soc. 1841) "A stammel cloke with gould lace."[1271]à la mort, dejected. So, also, Fortunatus inWily Beguiled"Why, how now, Sophos? all amort?" (Hawkins,Orig. Eng. Drama, 3:358);Old Wives' Tale, l. 1.[1272]Probably a survival of the Vice's weapon of lath.[1273]Dy., G., W., 'lovely.' But Q 3, which in many other particulars corrects Q 1, retains 'lively'; so Do.[1274]tablet.[1275]coral cliffs.[1276]The rare quality of her appearance; cf. viii. 16.[1277]more exquisite; rarer; so iii. 77.[1278]tint.[1279]Q 1 has headlineThe ... Baconon each page.[1280]"Would have put to the blush any woman that art," etc.[1281]AppendixD, 3b.[1282]'I' for 'ay'; 'and' for 'an,' as frequently.[1283]so that; cf. Matthew xx. 31.[1284]press.[1285]swape. Prov. English for 'sweep.'[1286]placket: here pocket.[1287]See p.413.[1288]Four and one-half miles north of Fressingfield.[1289]Dy. and G., 'to keep alongside of,' Fr.côtoyer. W. explains, 'to pass' and citesHamlet, II. ii. 306. Derivation uncertain; but the word is here figuratively used; as if the Prince should say,—"As a greyhound in coursing goeth endways by his fellow and giveth the hare a turn, so do thou outstrip the clown (head him off), court Margaret (give her the turn), and thus cut him out." SeeNew Eng. Dict.on Turberville'sVenerie, 246 (1575); and distinction between 'coting' and 'coasting' or going alongside of. Professor Wagner'sDer abgesante soll sich an die seite des ländlichen liebhabers heften, so dass ihn dieser nicht los werden kannis somewhat amusing. Cf. "crost, controulde"2 A. W. A. Sc. xii, l. 88.[1290]Dy. reads 'dancer.' But why not a synecdoche? "Ned is become a whole morris-dance of himself."[1291]AppendixB, 1. Dy. queries 'allyour.'[1292]nōs=nostros. Fleay.[1293]Q 1,habitares.[1294]For divination by fire, water (hydromancy), and air, see Ward's admirableOld English Drama, pp. 222-223.[1295]AppendixB, 1.[1296]Probably for 'pentagonon' (cf. xiii 92); here of the pentacle or pentagram, the five-rayed star used in magic as a defence against demons.[1297]Belcephon; cf. Exodus xiv. 2; Numbers xxxiii. 7. Ward.[1298]"This damnable art mathematical" (Bp. Hooker,Works, 1: 330), meaning 'astrological.'[1299]Eitherv. tr.: 'draws' the long bow; orv. intr.: 'ventures in imagination' a bow-shot beyond his capability.[1300]AppendixD, 3b.[1301]So Qtos. Do., Dy., W., ''gainst.' On 'guesse' for 'guests,' Dy. quotes Chamberlain'sPharonnida(1659), Bk. IV. C.III. p. 53: "The empty tables stood for never guess came there."[1302]Q 1 has ll. 139-140 in prose; but Do., Dy., W., verse[1303]Be abashed. SoTullie's Love:"Like Diana when she basht at Actæon's presence"; andOrpharion(Grosart'sGreene, VII. 115 and XII. 50).[1304]Line 156: AppendixA, 3; andD, 1.[1305]Properly principal. In Bacon's day BrasenoseCollegewas not yet founded.[1306]Wagner would read, "And hell and Hecat shall the friar fail," for "Hecate ist sonst stets zweisilbig." Wrong. Ward cites for the trisyllable, Shakesp.,1 H. VI., III. ii. 64, and Milton,Comus, v. 535.[1307]bargain.[1308]Q 4 omits. AppendixA, 2.[1309]So Qtos. 1, 3, 4; = 'price,' not 'prize,' nor as in xiii. 41.[1310]generous.[1311]Margret's 'mythological' slips are not to be set down to her rustic schooling; for Lacie's 'mythology' is no better; nor Greene's.[1312]So Q 3. Q 1,scoffes.'Your irony is evident on the face of it.'[1313]Q 3, 'beauties.' W. changes to 'duties' (?).[1314]AppendixD, 3b.[1315]Lines 34, 35, as prose in Q 1.[1316]On the northern border of Suffolk.[1317]W. explains 'shy'; but perhaps the word here means 'affectedly nice'; in cant phrase, 'stuck-up.' Cf. Spenser,F. Q., III. vii. 10 (Century).[1318]So Qtos. and G. "To me?" says M. with (affected?) surprise. "Surely you mistake." "Ah, just like others of your sex," retorts L., "oblivious when you please." "Well," acknowledges M., "I do remember the man; but have we time to waste onhisattentions?" Do., Dy., and W. assign "You ... self" to Lacie: but is that necessary? Appendix C, 2b.[1319]AppendixD, 3a.[1320]AppendixA, 2.[1321]So Dy., G., W. But Qtos. and Do.surges.[1322]AppendixE.[1323]He never fought before Damascus. Ward. For 'done,' Dy. queries 'shown.'[1324]Not crown property in Henry III's reign; nor was Hampton crown property, till Wolsey, who had built the house, exchanged it with Henry VIII for Richmond. Ward.[1325]Hapsburg. In lines 37, 44, etc., pronounce 'academie.'[1326]Statement of scientific principles. Cf. 'Aphorisms' of Hippocrates.[1327]As in the laureation which accompanied the conferring of the academic degree in Grammar.[1328]So Dy. and W. Cf.H. V., Prol. to Act II. 34. Q 1,fit: which cannot be thev. tr., 'to array' or 'marshal' (seeMorte Arthur, 1755, etc., as inN. E. D.) G. suggests 'fet,' which avails nothing. Q 3 has 'sit,' which was probably intended for 'set.'[1329]For the emergency. Cf. Fletcher,Loyal Subject, IV. ii.[1330]Dodge. So Redford'sWit. and Sc., "The fechys of Tediousnes"; cf.LearII. iv.[1331]Swaggering. Like Cowley'sCutter.[1332]So Qtos. = "Can't I? Yes, I can." Dy. and W., unnecessarily: 'Yet, what,' etc.[1333]On Edw.'s abrupt utterances, see AppendixC. On these linesC, 1d.[1334]W.: 'thy fool disguise.' But Bacon means "That fool parading in your clothes does not deceive me as toyouridentity."[1335]Cf. x. 3: (black) jacks, leathern wine-jugs.[1336]After Bacon and Edw. had walked a few paces about (or perhaps toward the back of) the stage, the audience were to suppose that the scene was changed to the interior of Bacon's Cell. Dyce.[1337]Common construction; but Q 3, 'pleade.' Metre, AppendixB, 2.[1338]Perhaps the curtain which concealed the upper stage was withdrawn, discovering M. and B., and, when the representation in the glass was supposed to be over, the curtain was drawn back again. Dyce.[1339]So Qtos. May be unintentional metathesis for 'sunne-bright' But eds all adopt Do.'s 'brightsome,' which has additional authority ofAlphonsusIV. p. 240a(Dyce ed.).[1340]Dy. 'fairwitty' for metre, arguing from iii. 61; vi. 33-35. But the original reading is sufficiently metrical. See AppendixB, 1; andC, ia.[1341]Q 3 and G., 'lasse?' Wrong, for the clauses are conditional.[1342]Cover with an excuse. Ward.[1343]Qtos. 'cape,' which might be justified as = capture (SeeN. E. D.for the verb; and cf. Greene's fondness for coining from the Latin,e.g. nocentinJas., IV.) Do. suggests and eds. adopt 'rape.' But my reading is confirmed byOrl. Fur., Sc. i. 176, concerning Helen, who, "With a swaine madescapeaway to Troy," =escape. In Q 1 of our text the 's' was absorbed by the preceding possessive.[1344]W. conjectures 'paragon'; but Greene had a weakness for 'paramour.'[1345]Note that the prince does not hear what the audience hears.[1346]For metre of ll. 47, 108, 127, 146, 176,App.C, 2a.[1347]Q 3. Q 1 hasacception; so alsoOrpharion(Gros.XII.50). See AppendixA, 1 and 3.[1348]As in l. 142.[1349]Cf. Ethenwald's soliloquy inKn. Kn. Kn.(H. Dods VI. 543-544).[1350]Q 3 omits.[1351]nearer, luckier.[1352]image.[1353]So x. 126 = prematurely.[1354]Altogether too. So Heywood,Johann., l. 183, and frequently. Still heard in New England.[1355]Dy. and W. assign to Lacie; but Qtos. as above. Momentarily even Margaret is deceived (or she pretends to be deceived) by Bungay's "cunning."[1356]Q 1:injest.[1357]Dy., W., 'mean'; needlessly.[1358]Lines 130, 161, AppendixC, 1a.[1359]Lines 131-132: Dy., "Is this a prose speech or corrupted verse?" Neither; see AppendixD, 3a.[1360]A breviary for out-of-door use. Cf.New Cust., I. ii. (H. Dods. III.) andConfl. Consc.III. iv. (Caconos).[1361]So Qtos., meaning 'in respect of'; and W. in his first ed. Wagner (Anglia, Vol. II.) would change to 'from,' saying "for mumblingwürde heissen 'ich will ihn zum stillstand bringen dafür dass er ableiert.'" Let us rather trust Greene for English. Cf. hisEp. Ded.toOrpharion, "Else shall you discourage a gardenerforgrafting"; also hisNever Too Late(ed. 1590), "A hat ... shelterforthe sun," etc. The word means 'in respect of,' 'with regard to,' and then 'against' and 'from,' as here. (See, also,N. E. D.:For 23. d.)[1362]In sense of 'finishing.' Cf. iii. 22; vi. 159; xii. 21;Alph., "soothe up" (ed. Dyce, p. 241).[1363]Q 1. But Do., Dy., modernizing Elizabethan grammar, read 'passion.'[1364]Q 1. (B. M.)Bacon, corrected in a handwritten 'Bungay.'[1365]Line 162, AppendixD, 3a; 163,D2.[1366]Greene has in mind the Church of St. Mary the Virgin.[1367]AppendixC, 1b.[1368]Do.'s suggestion for Qtos.'Scocon.[1369]DiedB.C.62. Cf.Never too Late, Pt. I. (1590).[1370]So Dyce; but Qtos. and Do. give the line to Clement.[1371]Q 1,Weele.[1372]Inserted by Do., Dy., W. G. prefers 'ill.'[1373]Q 3 omits. Do.: 'Letusto Bacon.'[1374]bullies. Cf. Shaksp.,Tit. And., I. i. 313.[1375]Skeltonical verse. Qtos. print thus, but Do., Dy., W., in couplets.[1376]heavyhead.[1377]So Q 1. Miles is responsible for the Latin; cf.habitaresSc. ii. 4. Theasinus mundiis, of course, Raphe.[1378]W. omits 'sheat.' G. reads, 'Neat, sheat, and [as] fine, as a briske cup of wine.' Qtos. have comma after 'neat,' making 'sheat' an adjective, for whichCent. Dict.suggests the meaning 'trim.' Poppey, in Lodge'sWounds of Civil War(H. Dods. VII. 191), says, "Fair, fresh and fine, As a merry cup of wine."[1379]dear:Lk. Gl., 1481;R. D., I. i. 49; and frequently. In American slang, to-day, 'good-natured.'[1380]Perhaps the caps of Doctors of Law and Physic. Ward.[1381]Dy., W., careful of R.'s grammar, read 'Iwill.'[1382]From the inner sole. Peg inWily Beg.(Hawkins III. 356) glories in 'cork'd shoes.' Ward. So also Mall in2 A. W. A.iii. 167.[1383]So Qtos. The mistake for Barclay is as likely to be Miles's as the compositor's.[1384]Do., Dy., W. change todicis. A parody ofConstruas hoc, etc., in Skelton'sWare the Hauke. Dyce. So, for a fool, Ingeland'sDisob. Child(H. Dods. II. 285); and frequently. Cf. 'Woodcock' inJohann, andHamlet, I. iii. 115.[1385]Old north gate, Oxford, used as a prison; taken down, 1771. As hard to get out of as the Bocardo mood of the syllogism. Dyce and Ward.[1386]"Are meet for just such low-born devils as they are."[1387]5 Qtos.,Essex.[1388]Raphe.[1389]Cf. the scene inKn. Kn.(H. Dods. VI. 575).[1390]Dy. and W. change to 'thy.'[1391]Q 1 and G., 'passion.' Q 3, Do., Dy., W., 'passions': required by 'them.' So "to show your passions,"Kn. Kn.(H. Dods. VI. 574).[1392]Shittim: cf.Never too Late(Grosart, VIII. 40).[1393]Cf.Kn. Kn."dolphin's eye" (H. Dods. VI. 574); "purple main," etc. (H. Dods. VI. 565, 570). Ward notes resemblance of ll. 50-66, 'lavoltas,' 'purple plaines,' 'Thetis,' etc., toMenapon(Grosart, VI. 36).[1394]Round dances; cf.Hen. V., iii. 5.[1395]Cf.Tamb."To entertain ... Zenocrate," etc.[1396]So Dy., W., for 'attired.' Q 1,tied; Q 3,tyed[= incased, Grosart?].[1397]So Qtos., and prob. Greene. Eds., 'came.'[1398]So Qtos., Do., and prob. Greene. Dy., W., 'nor.'[1399]Q 3.—Q 1,abbata.[1400]In apposition with 'him,' l. 78.[1401]than.[1402]Dy. qy. 'our'? but Greene liked the contrast of 'my' and 'her.' Grosart.[1403]Q 3, catching up 'loves' of l. 117, substitutes it for 'leagues' of l. 116; consequently omits l. 117 altogether.[1404]With ll. 25, 112-128, compareCampaspe, V. iv.[1405]AppendixC, 2b.[1406]Milto of Phocæa, whom Cyrus the Younger used to call Aspasia. See Plutarch'sPericles, andArtaxerxes. Ward.[1407]Q 1 omits. Q 3 supplies.[1408]Revolted = overturned. If similar literal transference of Latin words were not common among Elizabethans, one might suggest 'revokt,' i.e. 'renounced,' citing xiv. 78, "avowthat may not berevokt," andSir Clyom and Sir Clam., "that mortal blow or stroke The which shall cause thy wretched corpse this life for torevoke."[1409]AppendixA, 4.[1410]Cumnor, Hinksey, Cuddesdon, Shotover, etc., can hardly be called mountains. The Emperour recalls the progress over the Chilterns, or Greene romances.[1411]Nutritious; cf.battlesandbatten.[1412]Qtos., Do. Possibly means 'covered.' But probably misprint for 'lade':—Dy., W.[1413]Trismegistus.[1414]Porphyry.[1415]an atom compared with.[1416]Qtos. and Do—Dy. and W., 'ground.' The 's' may have been attracted from 'fiends' and 'spels.'[1417]Qtos. and Do.—Dy. and W., 'hung.'[1418]Dy. and W., 'vile.' But 'Vild' is common: seeF Q.,2 A. W. A.,Sp. Gypsy, etc.[1419]Q 1,gemii.[1420]Most of our old writers use Hesp. as the name of a place.[1421]Ironically. Eds. placeafterthe stage direction; but the Qtos. may stand.[1422]Q 3, 'lordlings.'[1423]razed.[1424]So Q 3. Q 1,prodie.[1425]G. would omit.[1426]Q 1,worrhy.[1427]Sienna. For metre, AppendixD, 1; for that of l. 116,B, 1; of ll. 120, 148, 162,C, 2c; of l. 129,B, 2.[1428]So Q 3. Q 1,Belogna.[1429]Text and metre, AppendixE.[1430]So Qtos. Dy. and G., 'Utrecht [Paris] and' Fleay and Ward, 'Lutetiaand O'; the compositor having probably been shunted by theutfrom Ms. 'Lutetia' into 'Utrech.' Dekker spells the latter 'Utrich' (—D. S.1606) Lutetia (or Paris) has been already mentioned iniv.50; whereas Utrecht was not yet a university town.[1431]See n.1427, p.473.[1432]Mar. Witte and Sci.(1570), "Not everyfoiledoth make a falle."[1433]Q 1,herarchies.[1434]So Qtos.—Dy. and W alter 'came.'[1435]SoQ3, and eds., and (I think) Q 1—G. 'come.'[1436]So eds.—Qtos.,springs.[1437]AppendixC, 1a.[1438]Love-kindling looks; cf. xii. 8. Dyce. So alsoNever too Late, "wilie amorettes of a curtizan."[1439]Q 1,they.[1440]G. omits 'over.' See AppendixD, 3b.[1441]Ll. 205-209, as prose in Qtos. See note on vii. 40et seq.[1442]Q 1,thee.[1443]One who sets the table; Fr.asseoir. So Fletcher,R. a WIII 1. (Century.)[1444]Chopped meat in broth? (N. E. D.)[1445]Ll. 220-221, as prose in Qtos.[1446]Wagner supplies 'but' before 'for'; the emperor supplied a gulp of rage before 'fit.' AppendixC, 1c.[1447]Q 3.—Do., Dy. omit 'such'; G. and W. omit 'a.' This smoothing out of the anapest has no historical warrant.[1448]So Qtos. and G. Do., 'thee'; Dy. and W., 'these' unnecessarily.[1449]Dy. and W., "This ... me.," as a verse.[1450]Spices.[1451]A small, light, and fast ship; caravel (N. E. D.).[1452]"This," observes my friend, Mr. W. N. Lettsom, "is much as if France were to send claret and burgundy down her Thames." Dyce. Quoted as with approval by G. and W. But may not Greene indulge in a figure of speech? The Volga was the typical great river of the Elizabethans, their Amazon or Mississippi; and is here used for the Euphrates by antonomasia. Q 1 does not capitalize thisvolga, and the emphasis is onher.See AppendixC, 1a.[1453]So in Greene'sNot. Discov. Coosenage. Qtos. and Do.,mirabiles.[1454]Sugar plums.[1455]Dyce regards the passage as mutilated. Mitford's 'balm' does not fit the sense. For 'lamprey' (from W. Bell and Fleay), see Ward. I think that explanation is good; for Greene is not averse to coining words, and if he is translatingmurænaby 'lamp,' the figure in the next line suggests that a paronomasia may have won favor with him by reason of a false derivation from λαμπρός (sc.the Lampris, abrilliantdeep-sea fish).[1456]W. alters to 'of.'[1457]Q 1,Serlby.[1458]pitchers of wine, 'blacke pots.'[1459]Six miles N. E. of Framlingham.[1460]jointure or jointress. Wagner.[1461]Q 3 and eds. Q 1,lanslord.[1462]estate.[1463]G. 'Contentthee,' by analogy with ix. 237, x. 73. But the meaning is "We are satisfied." Malone on the margin of his 1630 quarto (Bodl.) suggests 'good' after 'Content.' See AppendixC, 1bfor retention of Q 1, as above.[1464]W. reads 'is.'[1465]Q 1,graves.[1466]Q 1,tall.[1467]So Do., Dy., W., and G.—Q 1,daughters.[1468]Q 1 retained. Do., Dy. object to this common form of the plural.[1469]Consisting of wool fit for the market, such as Leominster (in Herefordshire) cannot excel.[1470]So Qtos. But Do., 'furnish'd.'[1471]protuberant.[1472]hang swaying; perhaps by a telescoping of 'paddle' and 'waggle.' Ward suggests fusion of 'paddle' and 'bag.'[1473]She pauses to think. Dy. would omit 'Give me.' But see AppendixD, 3a.[1474]Dy. queries 'wrings.' No.[1475]So Qtos.; but eds. read 'froward,' which Qtos. have in l. 142; but 'forward' was common in this sense. Cf.Selimus, ll. 184, 271, 1292, 1548.[1476]For 'haemerae' = ephemerae.[1477]A common form. But Dy., silently, 'wrapp'st'; and so W.[1478]Cliffs. So, also,Selimus, 1710.[1479]Dy., "ll. 147-148, corrupted." Not in the least. In l. 149 Dy., qy. 'fromhim'; but see AppendixD, 3b.[1480]Dy., W., 'very.' But M. sighs at each thought as it is enumerated; hence thelacunasin l. 156. AppendixC, 2b.[1481]Dy. 'misfortunes.' No.[1482]G., "with food"?[1483]hollow sphere.—Ward.[1484]Argus.[1485]Phobetor, son of Morpheus: Ov.Met.xi. 640. The φόβητρον (terror) of the Septuagint.[1486]Fist"klingt unpassend" to Wagner, but not to Greene (O. F.l. 25), nor Shak. (3H. VI.II. i. 154), nor Stanyhurst (Aeneis, l. 28). Wagner's 'fee' is unnecessary.[1487]Q 1,awinke.[1488]From theNos autem gloriari(Rom. Liturgy). Ward.—Adam (Lkgl.l. 224) makes the same joke.[1489]Milesian forpopulare.—Q 3:popelares.[1490]Sc.:mori, as on a Death's head. Ward.[1491][Nods, knocks his head against the post.] Grosart.[1492]In ll. 49, 60, 69: [a great noise]. Dy., and W. But that would have awakened Bacon earlier. Beside l. 49, Q. 1, are letterswn and your—residue of stage direction.[1493]pike.[1494]Do., Dy. 'allmy'; W. omits. But Q 1 is intelligible.[1495]the snake that strikes. Ward.[1496]Against his pike.[1497]Q 3 'havespent.'[1498]Dy. and W. place above the stage direction.[1499]Dy. and W. insert [Rises and comes forward]. G. rightly disapproves. Bacon is half asleep and does not behold the mischief until after 'love.'[1500]Qtos, W., and G.—Do., Dy., 'Commentator.' But, as G. explains, Miles is struggling with a reminiscence of 'Cunctator.'[1501]Inserted by Do., and other eds. But why systematize Miles?[1502]W., 'are all.' No.[1503]Asmenoth.[1504]Demogorgon:O. F.1287. Mysterious nether deity mentioned as early as the fifth century; and by Boccaccio, Ariosto, Spenser. (SeeN. E. D.)[1505]Dy. 'to some fatal end,' and so G., W.[1506]Obsolete for 'coursed.' Miles's pun.[1507]Corner cap. Ward.[1508]Dy., W. 'prime.' Prob.[1509]Possible; but Dy., W. 'came.'[1510]that. Dy. "line corrupted." No. AppendixD, 3b.[1511]Probable; but Do., Dy., W., 'say.'[1512]For 'Mars's'—so eds.[1513]Dy., 'rite,' needlessly. Perfectly clear.[1514]For querry (equerry); so eds. But Q 3 'quiry.'[1515]AppendixA, 1.[1516]Dy., W., 'thyself.' G., as above, for Edw. means "I love Lacie because he loves Margaret almost as well as I love you."[1517]Beyond recall, "out of cry." Cf. the American slang "out of sight," = in excess. Or is that a corruption ofausgezeichnet?[1518]Q 1 repeats the line.[1519]AppendixC, 1b.[1520]3 Q 1on.[1521]So G. and W.—Qtos, Do., Dy. give the line to Bungay.—After 'hap,' Dy., and W. [Knocking within]; and after 'come in' [Enter two Scholars]. But I think with G. that Q 1 may be right for, "the stage may have been divided into two compartments."[1522]Cratfield. Nine miles from Framl. Ward.[1523]So Qtos, allowing for a foot-pause after 'Sit down.' But if the 4 ft. line is not intentional, W's reading is best "ere long; how | Or in," etc. Dy. reads, "ere long, [sirs,] how" |.—G, "ere [it be] long" |.[1524]Q 1,father lives.[1525]AppendixB, 1 and 2.[1526]In the upper stage.[1527]risk.[1528]ay.[1529]Insertions by Dy. Cf. x. 85.[1530]Now Pembroke.[1531]Q 1,about.[1532]Up to this point Bacon has been preparing the glass; after this, the friars know only what the scholars impart.[1533]cause of offence.[1534]So Q 1. and Dy.—Q 3 has 'suffers harm.' Q 4 and W. 'have harm.' I have heard 'harm' used intransitively in the west of Ireland.[1535]bout. Shak.M.W.W.I. i. 296.[1536]The fathers.[1537]G. finds difficulties. But the text is clear: "My ... slaine" is answered by "And ... mine"; "Serlby ... that" by "Lambert ... well." AppendixC, 2c;D, 3a.[1538]Dy., G., W. query 'scholars.' No. Bacon has now stepped to the glass, and for the first time sees the catastrophe in Suffolk.[1539]Q 1, 'brutes,' but evidently in the sense of 'braves' or 'Britons.' SeeR.D.I. ii. 124 andN.E.D.[1540]Dy. and W. 'their.'[1541]fated.[1542]W. reads 'efficient'; but it is possible that Greene intended this more heroic formation.[1543]Dy. and W. 'pentageron' in view of ii. 49; but Greene may have written 'pentagonon.'[1544]Σωτήρ.[1545]Q 3, 'Eloim and Adonai.'[1546]Q 3, 'Tetragrammaton'; the four-lettered symbol of the ineffable name.[1547]Which of the magical hierarchies is uncertain. See Ward,O. E. D.pp. 267, 268.[1548]ll. 100-106. Cf.Faustus, xiv. 72 and 77.[1549]AppendixC, 1a.[1550]2 Cor. xv. 56.[1551]AppendixC, 1a.[1552]Wagner emends (?) 'lost.'[1553]Eds. alter to 'my.' But M. may mean "in view of how you failed me" or "in view of your mistaken fancy for me."[1554]Q 3,forme.[1555]For metre and text of ll. 77, 79, 99, see respectively AppendixC, 1a; B, 2, andD, 3a;C, 2cc.[1556]Q 1,weich.[1557]G. pronounces 'husseband.' Yes.[1558]See note1555, p.497.[1559]Q 1 has lines 105-108, 111-112, as prose. Eds. as above.[1560]entrails.[1561]Eds. 'let us.' But see AppendixC, 1b.[1562]Q 1:Deuill.[1563]Q 1:Blegiton; Q 3, Phlegiton.[1564]Q 1,watchidg.—Q 3 corrects.—G. qy. 'watchadge.'[1565]I.e.in the church.[1566]I.e.against facings and trimmings. Mouse inMucedorususes the same phrase (H. Dods. VII, 213).[1567]For his ale-account. But G. qy. 'cheese.'[1568]bring it to a froth.[1569]So, as late as Newfangle inL. Will to L.and Bailiff inKn. Kn.[1570]Q 1 (B. M.) ends with this word.[1571]The curtana or 'pointless sword' of mercy; the 'pointed sword' of justice; the 'golden rod' of equity.[1572]Dy., G. qy. 'favourers.'[1573]solémnizèd.[1574]The sequel is the compliment to Queen Elizabeth.[1575]Q 3, 'hellitropian';Never too Late'helitropion.' Any kind of heliotrope or turn-sol.[1576]InG-a-Greene"vail staff"; inO. F."vail thy plumes."[1577]Dy., some corruption; suggests 'comrades.' But x. 148 confirms the text. See also AppendixD, 3a.[1578]So Dy., citingO. F.ll. 40-41, "swift Euphrates." Q 1,first.[1579]AppendixC, 2c.

[1262]Scenes not numbered in Qtos. Localities as indicated by W., in general accepted. Framlingham and Fressingfield,—"Suffolke side." Sc. iv. 33.

[1263]Q 1, 'Edwardthe first.'

[1264]Of late. Cf.Ep.toFarewell to Folly(S. R. 1587).

[1265]Outstripped.

[1266]Hounds that roused and teased the game. Cf.Play of Wether, ll. 292-293.

[1267]'Nor have,' Dy. and W., separate line; but Qtos., a senarius as here. For metres see Appendix; for thisD.3b.

[1268]Qtos. and eds.: no dash, but period after 'dumpe.' AppendixC, 1b.

[1269]Dy. and W., 'off.'

[1270]A coarse woollen cloth, cf.Eastw. Hoe"stammel petticoat," in contempt. Here apparently of the kind of red; so, perhaps, Alleyn's Inventory (Collier'sMems. of E. A., Shakesp. Soc. 1841) "A stammel cloke with gould lace."

[1271]à la mort, dejected. So, also, Fortunatus inWily Beguiled"Why, how now, Sophos? all amort?" (Hawkins,Orig. Eng. Drama, 3:358);Old Wives' Tale, l. 1.

[1272]Probably a survival of the Vice's weapon of lath.

[1273]Dy., G., W., 'lovely.' But Q 3, which in many other particulars corrects Q 1, retains 'lively'; so Do.

[1274]tablet.

[1275]coral cliffs.

[1276]The rare quality of her appearance; cf. viii. 16.

[1277]more exquisite; rarer; so iii. 77.

[1278]tint.

[1279]Q 1 has headlineThe ... Baconon each page.

[1280]"Would have put to the blush any woman that art," etc.

[1281]AppendixD, 3b.

[1282]'I' for 'ay'; 'and' for 'an,' as frequently.

[1283]so that; cf. Matthew xx. 31.

[1284]press.

[1285]swape. Prov. English for 'sweep.'

[1286]placket: here pocket.

[1287]See p.413.

[1288]Four and one-half miles north of Fressingfield.

[1289]Dy. and G., 'to keep alongside of,' Fr.côtoyer. W. explains, 'to pass' and citesHamlet, II. ii. 306. Derivation uncertain; but the word is here figuratively used; as if the Prince should say,—"As a greyhound in coursing goeth endways by his fellow and giveth the hare a turn, so do thou outstrip the clown (head him off), court Margaret (give her the turn), and thus cut him out." SeeNew Eng. Dict.on Turberville'sVenerie, 246 (1575); and distinction between 'coting' and 'coasting' or going alongside of. Professor Wagner'sDer abgesante soll sich an die seite des ländlichen liebhabers heften, so dass ihn dieser nicht los werden kannis somewhat amusing. Cf. "crost, controulde"2 A. W. A. Sc. xii, l. 88.

[1290]Dy. reads 'dancer.' But why not a synecdoche? "Ned is become a whole morris-dance of himself."

[1291]AppendixB, 1. Dy. queries 'allyour.'

[1292]nōs=nostros. Fleay.

[1293]Q 1,habitares.

[1294]For divination by fire, water (hydromancy), and air, see Ward's admirableOld English Drama, pp. 222-223.

[1295]AppendixB, 1.

[1296]Probably for 'pentagonon' (cf. xiii 92); here of the pentacle or pentagram, the five-rayed star used in magic as a defence against demons.

[1297]Belcephon; cf. Exodus xiv. 2; Numbers xxxiii. 7. Ward.

[1298]"This damnable art mathematical" (Bp. Hooker,Works, 1: 330), meaning 'astrological.'

[1299]Eitherv. tr.: 'draws' the long bow; orv. intr.: 'ventures in imagination' a bow-shot beyond his capability.

[1300]AppendixD, 3b.

[1301]So Qtos. Do., Dy., W., ''gainst.' On 'guesse' for 'guests,' Dy. quotes Chamberlain'sPharonnida(1659), Bk. IV. C.III. p. 53: "The empty tables stood for never guess came there."

[1302]Q 1 has ll. 139-140 in prose; but Do., Dy., W., verse

[1303]Be abashed. SoTullie's Love:"Like Diana when she basht at Actæon's presence"; andOrpharion(Grosart'sGreene, VII. 115 and XII. 50).

[1304]Line 156: AppendixA, 3; andD, 1.

[1305]Properly principal. In Bacon's day BrasenoseCollegewas not yet founded.

[1306]Wagner would read, "And hell and Hecat shall the friar fail," for "Hecate ist sonst stets zweisilbig." Wrong. Ward cites for the trisyllable, Shakesp.,1 H. VI., III. ii. 64, and Milton,Comus, v. 535.

[1307]bargain.

[1308]Q 4 omits. AppendixA, 2.

[1309]So Qtos. 1, 3, 4; = 'price,' not 'prize,' nor as in xiii. 41.

[1310]generous.

[1311]Margret's 'mythological' slips are not to be set down to her rustic schooling; for Lacie's 'mythology' is no better; nor Greene's.

[1312]So Q 3. Q 1,scoffes.'Your irony is evident on the face of it.'

[1313]Q 3, 'beauties.' W. changes to 'duties' (?).

[1314]AppendixD, 3b.

[1315]Lines 34, 35, as prose in Q 1.

[1316]On the northern border of Suffolk.

[1317]W. explains 'shy'; but perhaps the word here means 'affectedly nice'; in cant phrase, 'stuck-up.' Cf. Spenser,F. Q., III. vii. 10 (Century).

[1318]So Qtos. and G. "To me?" says M. with (affected?) surprise. "Surely you mistake." "Ah, just like others of your sex," retorts L., "oblivious when you please." "Well," acknowledges M., "I do remember the man; but have we time to waste onhisattentions?" Do., Dy., and W. assign "You ... self" to Lacie: but is that necessary? Appendix C, 2b.

[1319]AppendixD, 3a.

[1320]AppendixA, 2.

[1321]So Dy., G., W. But Qtos. and Do.surges.

[1322]AppendixE.

[1323]He never fought before Damascus. Ward. For 'done,' Dy. queries 'shown.'

[1324]Not crown property in Henry III's reign; nor was Hampton crown property, till Wolsey, who had built the house, exchanged it with Henry VIII for Richmond. Ward.

[1325]Hapsburg. In lines 37, 44, etc., pronounce 'academie.'

[1326]Statement of scientific principles. Cf. 'Aphorisms' of Hippocrates.

[1327]As in the laureation which accompanied the conferring of the academic degree in Grammar.

[1328]So Dy. and W. Cf.H. V., Prol. to Act II. 34. Q 1,fit: which cannot be thev. tr., 'to array' or 'marshal' (seeMorte Arthur, 1755, etc., as inN. E. D.) G. suggests 'fet,' which avails nothing. Q 3 has 'sit,' which was probably intended for 'set.'

[1329]For the emergency. Cf. Fletcher,Loyal Subject, IV. ii.

[1330]Dodge. So Redford'sWit. and Sc., "The fechys of Tediousnes"; cf.LearII. iv.

[1331]Swaggering. Like Cowley'sCutter.

[1332]So Qtos. = "Can't I? Yes, I can." Dy. and W., unnecessarily: 'Yet, what,' etc.

[1333]On Edw.'s abrupt utterances, see AppendixC. On these linesC, 1d.

[1334]W.: 'thy fool disguise.' But Bacon means "That fool parading in your clothes does not deceive me as toyouridentity."

[1335]Cf. x. 3: (black) jacks, leathern wine-jugs.

[1336]After Bacon and Edw. had walked a few paces about (or perhaps toward the back of) the stage, the audience were to suppose that the scene was changed to the interior of Bacon's Cell. Dyce.

[1337]Common construction; but Q 3, 'pleade.' Metre, AppendixB, 2.

[1338]Perhaps the curtain which concealed the upper stage was withdrawn, discovering M. and B., and, when the representation in the glass was supposed to be over, the curtain was drawn back again. Dyce.

[1339]So Qtos. May be unintentional metathesis for 'sunne-bright' But eds all adopt Do.'s 'brightsome,' which has additional authority ofAlphonsusIV. p. 240a(Dyce ed.).

[1340]Dy. 'fairwitty' for metre, arguing from iii. 61; vi. 33-35. But the original reading is sufficiently metrical. See AppendixB, 1; andC, ia.

[1341]Q 3 and G., 'lasse?' Wrong, for the clauses are conditional.

[1342]Cover with an excuse. Ward.

[1343]Qtos. 'cape,' which might be justified as = capture (SeeN. E. D.for the verb; and cf. Greene's fondness for coining from the Latin,e.g. nocentinJas., IV.) Do. suggests and eds. adopt 'rape.' But my reading is confirmed byOrl. Fur., Sc. i. 176, concerning Helen, who, "With a swaine madescapeaway to Troy," =escape. In Q 1 of our text the 's' was absorbed by the preceding possessive.

[1344]W. conjectures 'paragon'; but Greene had a weakness for 'paramour.'

[1345]Note that the prince does not hear what the audience hears.

[1346]For metre of ll. 47, 108, 127, 146, 176,App.C, 2a.

[1347]Q 3. Q 1 hasacception; so alsoOrpharion(Gros.XII.50). See AppendixA, 1 and 3.

[1348]As in l. 142.

[1349]Cf. Ethenwald's soliloquy inKn. Kn. Kn.(H. Dods VI. 543-544).

[1350]Q 3 omits.

[1351]nearer, luckier.

[1352]image.

[1353]So x. 126 = prematurely.

[1354]Altogether too. So Heywood,Johann., l. 183, and frequently. Still heard in New England.

[1355]Dy. and W. assign to Lacie; but Qtos. as above. Momentarily even Margaret is deceived (or she pretends to be deceived) by Bungay's "cunning."

[1356]Q 1:injest.

[1357]Dy., W., 'mean'; needlessly.

[1358]Lines 130, 161, AppendixC, 1a.

[1359]Lines 131-132: Dy., "Is this a prose speech or corrupted verse?" Neither; see AppendixD, 3a.

[1360]A breviary for out-of-door use. Cf.New Cust., I. ii. (H. Dods. III.) andConfl. Consc.III. iv. (Caconos).

[1361]So Qtos., meaning 'in respect of'; and W. in his first ed. Wagner (Anglia, Vol. II.) would change to 'from,' saying "for mumblingwürde heissen 'ich will ihn zum stillstand bringen dafür dass er ableiert.'" Let us rather trust Greene for English. Cf. hisEp. Ded.toOrpharion, "Else shall you discourage a gardenerforgrafting"; also hisNever Too Late(ed. 1590), "A hat ... shelterforthe sun," etc. The word means 'in respect of,' 'with regard to,' and then 'against' and 'from,' as here. (See, also,N. E. D.:For 23. d.)

[1362]In sense of 'finishing.' Cf. iii. 22; vi. 159; xii. 21;Alph., "soothe up" (ed. Dyce, p. 241).

[1363]Q 1. But Do., Dy., modernizing Elizabethan grammar, read 'passion.'

[1364]Q 1. (B. M.)Bacon, corrected in a handwritten 'Bungay.'

[1365]Line 162, AppendixD, 3a; 163,D2.

[1366]Greene has in mind the Church of St. Mary the Virgin.

[1367]AppendixC, 1b.

[1368]Do.'s suggestion for Qtos.'Scocon.

[1369]DiedB.C.62. Cf.Never too Late, Pt. I. (1590).

[1370]So Dyce; but Qtos. and Do. give the line to Clement.

[1371]Q 1,Weele.

[1372]Inserted by Do., Dy., W. G. prefers 'ill.'

[1373]Q 3 omits. Do.: 'Letusto Bacon.'

[1374]bullies. Cf. Shaksp.,Tit. And., I. i. 313.

[1375]Skeltonical verse. Qtos. print thus, but Do., Dy., W., in couplets.

[1376]heavyhead.

[1377]So Q 1. Miles is responsible for the Latin; cf.habitaresSc. ii. 4. Theasinus mundiis, of course, Raphe.

[1378]W. omits 'sheat.' G. reads, 'Neat, sheat, and [as] fine, as a briske cup of wine.' Qtos. have comma after 'neat,' making 'sheat' an adjective, for whichCent. Dict.suggests the meaning 'trim.' Poppey, in Lodge'sWounds of Civil War(H. Dods. VII. 191), says, "Fair, fresh and fine, As a merry cup of wine."

[1379]dear:Lk. Gl., 1481;R. D., I. i. 49; and frequently. In American slang, to-day, 'good-natured.'

[1380]Perhaps the caps of Doctors of Law and Physic. Ward.

[1381]Dy., W., careful of R.'s grammar, read 'Iwill.'

[1382]From the inner sole. Peg inWily Beg.(Hawkins III. 356) glories in 'cork'd shoes.' Ward. So also Mall in2 A. W. A.iii. 167.

[1383]So Qtos. The mistake for Barclay is as likely to be Miles's as the compositor's.

[1384]Do., Dy., W. change todicis. A parody ofConstruas hoc, etc., in Skelton'sWare the Hauke. Dyce. So, for a fool, Ingeland'sDisob. Child(H. Dods. II. 285); and frequently. Cf. 'Woodcock' inJohann, andHamlet, I. iii. 115.

[1385]Old north gate, Oxford, used as a prison; taken down, 1771. As hard to get out of as the Bocardo mood of the syllogism. Dyce and Ward.

[1386]"Are meet for just such low-born devils as they are."

[1387]5 Qtos.,Essex.

[1388]Raphe.

[1389]Cf. the scene inKn. Kn.(H. Dods. VI. 575).

[1390]Dy. and W. change to 'thy.'

[1391]Q 1 and G., 'passion.' Q 3, Do., Dy., W., 'passions': required by 'them.' So "to show your passions,"Kn. Kn.(H. Dods. VI. 574).

[1392]Shittim: cf.Never too Late(Grosart, VIII. 40).

[1393]Cf.Kn. Kn."dolphin's eye" (H. Dods. VI. 574); "purple main," etc. (H. Dods. VI. 565, 570). Ward notes resemblance of ll. 50-66, 'lavoltas,' 'purple plaines,' 'Thetis,' etc., toMenapon(Grosart, VI. 36).

[1394]Round dances; cf.Hen. V., iii. 5.

[1395]Cf.Tamb."To entertain ... Zenocrate," etc.

[1396]So Dy., W., for 'attired.' Q 1,tied; Q 3,tyed[= incased, Grosart?].

[1397]So Qtos., and prob. Greene. Eds., 'came.'

[1398]So Qtos., Do., and prob. Greene. Dy., W., 'nor.'

[1399]Q 3.—Q 1,abbata.

[1400]In apposition with 'him,' l. 78.

[1401]than.

[1402]Dy. qy. 'our'? but Greene liked the contrast of 'my' and 'her.' Grosart.

[1403]Q 3, catching up 'loves' of l. 117, substitutes it for 'leagues' of l. 116; consequently omits l. 117 altogether.

[1404]With ll. 25, 112-128, compareCampaspe, V. iv.

[1405]AppendixC, 2b.

[1406]Milto of Phocæa, whom Cyrus the Younger used to call Aspasia. See Plutarch'sPericles, andArtaxerxes. Ward.

[1407]Q 1 omits. Q 3 supplies.

[1408]Revolted = overturned. If similar literal transference of Latin words were not common among Elizabethans, one might suggest 'revokt,' i.e. 'renounced,' citing xiv. 78, "avowthat may not berevokt," andSir Clyom and Sir Clam., "that mortal blow or stroke The which shall cause thy wretched corpse this life for torevoke."

[1409]AppendixA, 4.

[1410]Cumnor, Hinksey, Cuddesdon, Shotover, etc., can hardly be called mountains. The Emperour recalls the progress over the Chilterns, or Greene romances.

[1411]Nutritious; cf.battlesandbatten.

[1412]Qtos., Do. Possibly means 'covered.' But probably misprint for 'lade':—Dy., W.

[1413]Trismegistus.

[1414]Porphyry.

[1415]an atom compared with.

[1416]Qtos. and Do—Dy. and W., 'ground.' The 's' may have been attracted from 'fiends' and 'spels.'

[1417]Qtos. and Do.—Dy. and W., 'hung.'

[1418]Dy. and W., 'vile.' But 'Vild' is common: seeF Q.,2 A. W. A.,Sp. Gypsy, etc.

[1419]Q 1,gemii.

[1420]Most of our old writers use Hesp. as the name of a place.

[1421]Ironically. Eds. placeafterthe stage direction; but the Qtos. may stand.

[1422]Q 3, 'lordlings.'

[1423]razed.

[1424]So Q 3. Q 1,prodie.

[1425]G. would omit.

[1426]Q 1,worrhy.

[1427]Sienna. For metre, AppendixD, 1; for that of l. 116,B, 1; of ll. 120, 148, 162,C, 2c; of l. 129,B, 2.

[1428]So Q 3. Q 1,Belogna.

[1429]Text and metre, AppendixE.

[1430]So Qtos. Dy. and G., 'Utrecht [Paris] and' Fleay and Ward, 'Lutetiaand O'; the compositor having probably been shunted by theutfrom Ms. 'Lutetia' into 'Utrech.' Dekker spells the latter 'Utrich' (—D. S.1606) Lutetia (or Paris) has been already mentioned iniv.50; whereas Utrecht was not yet a university town.

[1431]See n.1427, p.473.

[1432]Mar. Witte and Sci.(1570), "Not everyfoiledoth make a falle."

[1433]Q 1,herarchies.

[1434]So Qtos.—Dy. and W alter 'came.'

[1435]SoQ3, and eds., and (I think) Q 1—G. 'come.'

[1436]So eds.—Qtos.,springs.

[1437]AppendixC, 1a.

[1438]Love-kindling looks; cf. xii. 8. Dyce. So alsoNever too Late, "wilie amorettes of a curtizan."

[1439]Q 1,they.

[1440]G. omits 'over.' See AppendixD, 3b.

[1441]Ll. 205-209, as prose in Qtos. See note on vii. 40et seq.

[1442]Q 1,thee.

[1443]One who sets the table; Fr.asseoir. So Fletcher,R. a WIII 1. (Century.)

[1444]Chopped meat in broth? (N. E. D.)

[1445]Ll. 220-221, as prose in Qtos.

[1446]Wagner supplies 'but' before 'for'; the emperor supplied a gulp of rage before 'fit.' AppendixC, 1c.

[1447]Q 3.—Do., Dy. omit 'such'; G. and W. omit 'a.' This smoothing out of the anapest has no historical warrant.

[1448]So Qtos. and G. Do., 'thee'; Dy. and W., 'these' unnecessarily.

[1449]Dy. and W., "This ... me.," as a verse.

[1450]Spices.

[1451]A small, light, and fast ship; caravel (N. E. D.).

[1452]"This," observes my friend, Mr. W. N. Lettsom, "is much as if France were to send claret and burgundy down her Thames." Dyce. Quoted as with approval by G. and W. But may not Greene indulge in a figure of speech? The Volga was the typical great river of the Elizabethans, their Amazon or Mississippi; and is here used for the Euphrates by antonomasia. Q 1 does not capitalize thisvolga, and the emphasis is onher.See AppendixC, 1a.

[1453]So in Greene'sNot. Discov. Coosenage. Qtos. and Do.,mirabiles.

[1454]Sugar plums.

[1455]Dyce regards the passage as mutilated. Mitford's 'balm' does not fit the sense. For 'lamprey' (from W. Bell and Fleay), see Ward. I think that explanation is good; for Greene is not averse to coining words, and if he is translatingmurænaby 'lamp,' the figure in the next line suggests that a paronomasia may have won favor with him by reason of a false derivation from λαμπρός (sc.the Lampris, abrilliantdeep-sea fish).

[1456]W. alters to 'of.'

[1457]Q 1,Serlby.

[1458]pitchers of wine, 'blacke pots.'

[1459]Six miles N. E. of Framlingham.

[1460]jointure or jointress. Wagner.

[1461]Q 3 and eds. Q 1,lanslord.

[1462]estate.

[1463]G. 'Contentthee,' by analogy with ix. 237, x. 73. But the meaning is "We are satisfied." Malone on the margin of his 1630 quarto (Bodl.) suggests 'good' after 'Content.' See AppendixC, 1bfor retention of Q 1, as above.

[1464]W. reads 'is.'

[1465]Q 1,graves.

[1466]Q 1,tall.

[1467]So Do., Dy., W., and G.—Q 1,daughters.

[1468]Q 1 retained. Do., Dy. object to this common form of the plural.

[1469]Consisting of wool fit for the market, such as Leominster (in Herefordshire) cannot excel.

[1470]So Qtos. But Do., 'furnish'd.'

[1471]protuberant.

[1472]hang swaying; perhaps by a telescoping of 'paddle' and 'waggle.' Ward suggests fusion of 'paddle' and 'bag.'

[1473]She pauses to think. Dy. would omit 'Give me.' But see AppendixD, 3a.

[1474]Dy. queries 'wrings.' No.

[1475]So Qtos.; but eds. read 'froward,' which Qtos. have in l. 142; but 'forward' was common in this sense. Cf.Selimus, ll. 184, 271, 1292, 1548.

[1476]For 'haemerae' = ephemerae.

[1477]A common form. But Dy., silently, 'wrapp'st'; and so W.

[1478]Cliffs. So, also,Selimus, 1710.

[1479]Dy., "ll. 147-148, corrupted." Not in the least. In l. 149 Dy., qy. 'fromhim'; but see AppendixD, 3b.

[1480]Dy., W., 'very.' But M. sighs at each thought as it is enumerated; hence thelacunasin l. 156. AppendixC, 2b.

[1481]Dy. 'misfortunes.' No.

[1482]G., "with food"?

[1483]hollow sphere.—Ward.

[1484]Argus.

[1485]Phobetor, son of Morpheus: Ov.Met.xi. 640. The φόβητρον (terror) of the Septuagint.

[1486]Fist"klingt unpassend" to Wagner, but not to Greene (O. F.l. 25), nor Shak. (3H. VI.II. i. 154), nor Stanyhurst (Aeneis, l. 28). Wagner's 'fee' is unnecessary.

[1487]Q 1,awinke.

[1488]From theNos autem gloriari(Rom. Liturgy). Ward.—Adam (Lkgl.l. 224) makes the same joke.

[1489]Milesian forpopulare.—Q 3:popelares.

[1490]Sc.:mori, as on a Death's head. Ward.

[1491][Nods, knocks his head against the post.] Grosart.

[1492]In ll. 49, 60, 69: [a great noise]. Dy., and W. But that would have awakened Bacon earlier. Beside l. 49, Q. 1, are letterswn and your—residue of stage direction.

[1493]pike.

[1494]Do., Dy. 'allmy'; W. omits. But Q 1 is intelligible.

[1495]the snake that strikes. Ward.

[1496]Against his pike.

[1497]Q 3 'havespent.'

[1498]Dy. and W. place above the stage direction.

[1499]Dy. and W. insert [Rises and comes forward]. G. rightly disapproves. Bacon is half asleep and does not behold the mischief until after 'love.'

[1500]Qtos, W., and G.—Do., Dy., 'Commentator.' But, as G. explains, Miles is struggling with a reminiscence of 'Cunctator.'

[1501]Inserted by Do., and other eds. But why systematize Miles?

[1502]W., 'are all.' No.

[1503]Asmenoth.

[1504]Demogorgon:O. F.1287. Mysterious nether deity mentioned as early as the fifth century; and by Boccaccio, Ariosto, Spenser. (SeeN. E. D.)

[1505]Dy. 'to some fatal end,' and so G., W.

[1506]Obsolete for 'coursed.' Miles's pun.

[1507]Corner cap. Ward.

[1508]Dy., W. 'prime.' Prob.

[1509]Possible; but Dy., W. 'came.'

[1510]that. Dy. "line corrupted." No. AppendixD, 3b.

[1511]Probable; but Do., Dy., W., 'say.'

[1512]For 'Mars's'—so eds.

[1513]Dy., 'rite,' needlessly. Perfectly clear.

[1514]For querry (equerry); so eds. But Q 3 'quiry.'

[1515]AppendixA, 1.

[1516]Dy., W., 'thyself.' G., as above, for Edw. means "I love Lacie because he loves Margaret almost as well as I love you."

[1517]Beyond recall, "out of cry." Cf. the American slang "out of sight," = in excess. Or is that a corruption ofausgezeichnet?

[1518]Q 1 repeats the line.

[1519]AppendixC, 1b.

[1520]3 Q 1on.

[1521]So G. and W.—Qtos, Do., Dy. give the line to Bungay.—After 'hap,' Dy., and W. [Knocking within]; and after 'come in' [Enter two Scholars]. But I think with G. that Q 1 may be right for, "the stage may have been divided into two compartments."

[1522]Cratfield. Nine miles from Framl. Ward.

[1523]So Qtos, allowing for a foot-pause after 'Sit down.' But if the 4 ft. line is not intentional, W's reading is best "ere long; how | Or in," etc. Dy. reads, "ere long, [sirs,] how" |.—G, "ere [it be] long" |.

[1524]Q 1,father lives.

[1525]AppendixB, 1 and 2.

[1526]In the upper stage.

[1527]risk.

[1528]ay.

[1529]Insertions by Dy. Cf. x. 85.

[1530]Now Pembroke.

[1531]Q 1,about.

[1532]Up to this point Bacon has been preparing the glass; after this, the friars know only what the scholars impart.

[1533]cause of offence.

[1534]So Q 1. and Dy.—Q 3 has 'suffers harm.' Q 4 and W. 'have harm.' I have heard 'harm' used intransitively in the west of Ireland.

[1535]bout. Shak.M.W.W.I. i. 296.

[1536]The fathers.

[1537]G. finds difficulties. But the text is clear: "My ... slaine" is answered by "And ... mine"; "Serlby ... that" by "Lambert ... well." AppendixC, 2c;D, 3a.

[1538]Dy., G., W. query 'scholars.' No. Bacon has now stepped to the glass, and for the first time sees the catastrophe in Suffolk.

[1539]Q 1, 'brutes,' but evidently in the sense of 'braves' or 'Britons.' SeeR.D.I. ii. 124 andN.E.D.

[1540]Dy. and W. 'their.'

[1541]fated.

[1542]W. reads 'efficient'; but it is possible that Greene intended this more heroic formation.

[1543]Dy. and W. 'pentageron' in view of ii. 49; but Greene may have written 'pentagonon.'

[1544]Σωτήρ.

[1545]Q 3, 'Eloim and Adonai.'

[1546]Q 3, 'Tetragrammaton'; the four-lettered symbol of the ineffable name.

[1547]Which of the magical hierarchies is uncertain. See Ward,O. E. D.pp. 267, 268.

[1548]ll. 100-106. Cf.Faustus, xiv. 72 and 77.

[1549]AppendixC, 1a.

[1550]2 Cor. xv. 56.

[1551]AppendixC, 1a.

[1552]Wagner emends (?) 'lost.'

[1553]Eds. alter to 'my.' But M. may mean "in view of how you failed me" or "in view of your mistaken fancy for me."

[1554]Q 3,forme.

[1555]For metre and text of ll. 77, 79, 99, see respectively AppendixC, 1a; B, 2, andD, 3a;C, 2cc.

[1556]Q 1,weich.

[1557]G. pronounces 'husseband.' Yes.

[1558]See note1555, p.497.

[1559]Q 1 has lines 105-108, 111-112, as prose. Eds. as above.

[1560]entrails.

[1561]Eds. 'let us.' But see AppendixC, 1b.

[1562]Q 1:Deuill.

[1563]Q 1:Blegiton; Q 3, Phlegiton.

[1564]Q 1,watchidg.—Q 3 corrects.—G. qy. 'watchadge.'

[1565]I.e.in the church.

[1566]I.e.against facings and trimmings. Mouse inMucedorususes the same phrase (H. Dods. VII, 213).

[1567]For his ale-account. But G. qy. 'cheese.'

[1568]bring it to a froth.

[1569]So, as late as Newfangle inL. Will to L.and Bailiff inKn. Kn.

[1570]Q 1 (B. M.) ends with this word.

[1571]The curtana or 'pointless sword' of mercy; the 'pointed sword' of justice; the 'golden rod' of equity.

[1572]Dy., G. qy. 'favourers.'

[1573]solémnizèd.

[1574]The sequel is the compliment to Queen Elizabeth.

[1575]Q 3, 'hellitropian';Never too Late'helitropion.' Any kind of heliotrope or turn-sol.

[1576]InG-a-Greene"vail staff"; inO. F."vail thy plumes."

[1577]Dy., some corruption; suggests 'comrades.' But x. 148 confirms the text. See also AppendixD, 3a.

[1578]So Dy., citingO. F.ll. 40-41, "swift Euphrates." Q 1,first.

[1579]AppendixC, 2c.

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