Post.

OP. 334.446.-200.

Must I repent?
I cannot do it better than in gyves,
Desir'd, more than constrain'd: to satisfy,
If of my freedom 'tis the main part, take
No stricter render of me, than my all.
This passage I do not understand.

1

Am that Belarius whom you sometime banish'd:
Your pleasure was my mere offence, my punishment
Itself, and all my treason; that I suffer'd,

Was all the harm I did.

I think Mr. Tyrwhitt's correction is certainly

right.

Imo.

P. 360.-469.-231.

you call'd me brother,
brother,ali
When I was but your sister; I you brothers,
When you were so indeed.

I do not think that the old reading we is right. Theobald reads (with the change of a single letter from we) ye, which I think is right.

Tit. Lavinia, live; outlive thy father's days,
And fame's eternal date, for virtue's praise!

I incline to read in fame's eternal date, with Warburton and Theobald.

P. 508.-395.-276.

Aar. I will be bright, and shine in pearl and gold,
To wait upon this new-made emperess.
To wait, said I? to wanton with this queen,
This goddess, this Semiramis ;-this queen,
This syren, that will charm Rome's Saturnine,
And see his shipwreck, and his commonweal's.

I think Malone is right.

P. 510.-397.-279.

Chi. Aaron, a thousand deaths

Would I propose, to achieve her whom I love.

Dem. What, hast thou not full often struck a doe,
And borne her cleanly by the keeper's nose?

Malone is right.

Dem. This minion stood upon her chastity,

Upon her nuptial vow, her loyalty,

And with that painted hope braves your mightiness.

I think Mr. Steevens is right.

Lav.

P. 521-407.-293.

the raven doth not hatch a lark.

nec imbellem feroces

Progenerant aquila columbam.

P. 534-418.-309.

Mar. Which of your hands hath not defended Rome,
And rear'd aloft the bloody battle-ax,

Writing destruction on the enemy's castle?

Hor.

I incline to think that Mr. Theobald's reading, casques, is the true one.

P. 548.-430.-326.

Mar. Revenge the heavens for old Andronicus

2

I incline to read revenge then heavens, with Mr. Tyrwhitt.

P.-344.

Emil. Arm, arm, my lords; Rome never had more cause. Mr. Steevens, in his note on these words, has very justly and successfully ridiculed Mr. Malone's strange notion that arm is a dissyllable. P. 566.--446.-350.

Mr. Theobald has certainly done rightly in giving these words to Lucius. I can hardly think that they are to be understood as Mr. Steevens explains them.

P. 567.-446.-350.

Aar. I must talk of murders, rapes, and massacres,
Acts of black night, abominable deeds,
Complots of mischief, treason; villainies
Ruthful to hear, yet piteously perform'd.

Mr. Steevens has certainly given the true meaning of piteously in this place.

P. 580.-459-367.

Mar. O, let me teach you how to knit again
This scatter'd corn into one mutual sheaf,
These broken limbs again into one body.
Sen. Lest Rome herself be bane unto herself;
And she, whom mighty kingdoms court'sy to,
Like a forlorn and desperate cast-away,

Do shameful execution on herself.

I think this speech belongs to Marcus; if so we must read lest; if it be given to another person, we must retain the old reading let.

I see no reason for dissenting from the commentators, who suppose this horrid play not Shakespeare's.

*

KING LEAR.

J. and S. 1785.
Vol. 1x.

Lear.

What says our second daughter,

Our dearest Regan, wife to Cornwall? Speak.

Reg. I am made of that self metal as my sister,

And prize me at her worth.

And prize me at her worth is, I think, rightly explained by Henley.

P. 382.-491.-10.

In my true heart

I find, she names my very deed of love;
Only she comes too short,-that I profess

Myself an enemy to all other joys,

Which the most precious square of sense possesses;
And find, I am alone felicitate

In your dear highness' love.

Monk Mason and Malone are right.

P. 382.-491.-11.

Which the most precious square of sense possesses.

I agree with Dr. Johnson that Warburton's note on these words is acute; but it strikes me as being extremely ridiculous.

And yet not so; since, I am sure, my love's

More richer than my tongue.

My tongue is certainly right.

[Aside.