Can fodden water, A drench for fur-reyn'd jades, their barley broth, Decoct their cold blood to fuch valiant heat? Henry V. A. 3, S. BODY. This common body, Like to a vagabond flag upon the stream, 5. Antony and Cleopatra, A. 1, S. 4. The publick body,-which doth seldom Play the recanter,-feeling in itself A lack of Timon's aid, hath sense withal Of its own fall, restraining aid to Timon'; And fends forth us to make their forrow'd render. Timon, A. 5, S. 2. I once did lend my body for his wealth 3. Merchant of Venice, A. 5, S. 1. A drench for fur-reyn'd jades.] The exact meaning of fur reyn'd I do not know. It is common to give horfes over-ridden, or feverish, ground malt and hot water mixed, which is called a mah. To this he alludes. JOHNSON. Sur-reyn'd" is old, worn-out. The French word furanné Anglicifed, and then corrupted. It should be printed furan'd. 66 2 A. B. reftraining aid to Timon.] I think it should be refraining aid, that is, with-holding aid that should have been given to Timon. I believe we should read the paffage thus: feeling in itself A lack of Timon's aid: and fenfe withal, JOHNSON. Refraining feems to be used in the fenfe of keeping, referving. A. B. -for his wealth.] For his advantage; to obtain his hap JOHNSON. pinefs. It would perhaps be better to read "for his health," i. e. for his good, for his welfare. A. B. BOND. BON D. If every ducat in fix thousand ducats bond. I Merchant of Venice, A. 4, S. 1. Till thou can'ft rail the feal from off my bond, Thou but offend'ft thy lungs to speak fo loud: Repair thy wit, good youth, or it will fall To cureless ruin. Merchant of Venice, A. 4, S. 1. I'll have my bond; I will not hear thee speak: To shake the head, relent, and figh, and yield Merchant of Venice, A. 3, S. 3. Speak not against my bond; I have fworn an oath, that I will have my bond: Merchant of Venice, A. 3, S. 3. bond: To have the due and forfeit of my Merchant of Venice, A. 4, S. 1. A bankrupt, a prodigal, who dare fcarce fhow his head on the Rialto;-a beggar that used to come fo fmug upon the mart; let him look to his bond: he was wont to call me ufurer; let him look to his bond: he was wont to lend money for a Christian courtefy;-let him look to his bond. Merchant of Venice, A. 3, S. 1. Haft cleans'd my bofom; I from thee departed Taint not thy mind, nor let thy foul contrive Hamlet, A. 1, S. 5. Time was, I did him a defired office, Through flinty Tartar's bofom would peep forth, All's well that ends well, A. 4, S. 4. OUNT Y. Evermore thanks, the exchequer of the poor; For his bounty, There was no winter in't; an autumn 'twas, Walk'd crowns, and crownets. Antony and Cleopatra, A. 5, S. 2. Tell me, my daughters, (Since now we will diveft us, both of rule, Interest of territory, cares of state), Which of you, fhall we fay, doth love us moft? Where nature doth with merit challenge'. Lear, A. 1, S. 1. Where nature doth with merit challenge.] Where the claim of merit is fuperadded to that of nature, or where a fuperior degree of natural affection is joined to the claim of other merits. STEEVENS. 66 Challenge," in this place, feems to be rivalry, competition. "Where nature doth with merit challenge"---where nature and merit are contending for fuperiority. A. B. I thank thee, king, For thy great bounty, that not only giv❜st Ufe every man after his defert, and who fhall 'fcape whipping? Ufe them after your own honour and dignity: the lefs they deferve, the more merit is in your bounty. Hamlet, A. 2, S. 2. --I prefume, That, as my hand has open'd bounty to you, My heart dropp'd love, my power rain'd honour more On you, than any; fo your hand, and heart, To me, your friend, than any. Henry VIII. A. 3, S. 2. BOUR N. From the dread fummit of this chalky bourn: Lear, A. 4, S. 6. Chalky bourn.] Bourn feems here to fignify a bill. Its common fignification is a brook. Milton, in Čomus, ufes boky bourn, in the fame fenfe, perhaps, with Shakespeare. But in both authors it may mean only a boundary. JOHNSON. "Chalky bourn"--we fhould read "borne," a boundary, to diftinguish it from bourn, a brook or river. Bourn, as Dr. Johnfon obferves, is in this place a hill. Hills, it is well known, ferve in several parts of the world as boundaries of particular countries, fuch are the Alps, the Pyrenees, &c. &c. The term borne, therefore, which originally fignified nothing more than boundary, was at length corruptedly employed to fignify the hill itself-and thence "chalky borne," "bolky "borne," &c. D 3 A. B. BOW BOWEL S. I do retort the folus in thy bowels: For I can take.' Henry V. A. 2, S. 1. BO Y. There's nothing here that is too good for him, That twenty fuch rude boys might tend upon, All's well that ends well, A. 3, I know them, yea, S. 2. And what they weigh, even to the utmost scruple: Scambling, out-facing, fafhion-mong'ring boys. Much ado about nothing, A. 5, S. 1. Good faith, this fame young fober blooded boy doth not love me; nor a man cannot make him laugh; but that's no marvel, he drinks no wine, There's never any of thefe demure boys come to any Henry IV. P. 2, A. 4, S. 3. proof. - Shall a beardless boy, Mocking the air with colours idly spread, King John, A. 5, S. 1, Hubert, throw thine eye On yon young boy: I'll tell thee what, my friend, And, wherefoe'er this foot of mine doth tread, 3, S. 3. King John, A. Father Cardinal, I have heard you say, 1 For I can take.] I know not well what he can take. The quarto reads talk. In our author to take is fometimes to blast, which fenfe may ferve in this place. JOHNSON. "Take" is undoubtedly the true reading. The meaning is, --I am not to be bullied, I am not to be affronted with impunity. A. B. That |