Which he, disdaining, whisk"d his sword about, And with the wound[13] thereof the king fell down.
Marlowe"s _Dido, Queen of Carthage_.]
[Footnote 6: The _Quarto_ has omitted "_Then senselesse Illium_," or something else.]
[Footnote 7: Printed with the long f[symbol for archaic long s].]
[Footnote 8: --motionless as a tyrant in a picture.]
[Footnote 9: "standing between his will and its object as if he had no relation to either."]
[Footnote 10:
And then in triumph ran into the streets, Through which he could not pa.s.s for slaughtered men; So, leaning on his sword, he stood stone still, Viewing the fire wherewith rich Ilion burnt.
Marlowe"s _Dido, Queen of Carthage_.]
[Footnote 11: Who does not feel this pa.s.sage, down to "Region,"
thoroughly Shaksperean!]
[Footnote 12: Is not the rest of this speech very plainly Shakspere"s?]
[Footnote 13: _wind_, I think it should be.]
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And boule the round Naue downe the hill of Heauen, As low as to the Fiends.
_Pol_. This is too long.
_Ham_. It shall to"th Barbars, with your beard. [Sidenote: to the]
Prythee say on: He"s for a Iigge, or a tale of Baudry, or hee sleepes. Say on; come to _Hecuba_.
_1. Play_. But who, O who, had seen the in.o.bled[1] Queen.
[Sidenote: But who, a woe, hadmobled[1]]
_Ham_. The in.o.bled[1] Queene? [Sidenote: mobled]
_Pol_. That"s good: In.o.bled[1] Queene is good.[2]
_1. Play_. Run bare-foot vp and downe, Threatning the flame [Sidenote: flames]
With Bisson Rheume:[3] A clout about that head, [Sidenote: clout vppon]
Where late the Diadem stood, and for a Robe About her lanke and all ore-teamed Loines,[4]
A blanket in th"Alarum of feare caught vp. [Sidenote: the alarme]
Who this had seene, with tongue in Venome steep"d, "Gainst Fortunes State, would Treason haue p.r.o.nounc"d?[5]
But if the G.o.ds themselues did see her then, When she saw _Pyrrhus_ make malicious sport In mincing with his Sword her Husbands limbes,[6] [Sidenote: husband]
The instant Burst of Clamour that she made (Vnlesse things mortall moue them not at all) Would haue made milche[7] the Burning eyes of Heauen, And pa.s.sion in the G.o.ds.[8]
_Pol_. Looke where[9] he ha"s not turn"d his colour, and ha"s teares in"s eyes. Pray you no more. [Sidenote: prethee]
_Ham_. "Tis well, He haue thee speake out the rest, soone. Good my Lord, will you see the [Sidenote: rest of this]
Players wel bestow"d. Do ye heare, let them be [Sidenote: you]
well vs"d: for they are the Abstracts and breefe [Sidenote: abstract]
Chronicles of the time. After your death, you
[Footnote 1: "_mobled_"--also in _1st Q_.--may be the word: _m.u.f.fled_ seems a corruption of it: compare _mob-cap_, and
"The moon does mobble up herself"
--_Shirley_, quoted by _Farmer_;
but I incline to "_in.o.bled_," thrice in the _Folio_--once with a capital: I take it to stand for _"ign.o.bled," degraded_.]
[Footnote 2: "In.o.bled Queene is good." _Not in Quarto_.]
[Footnote 3: --threatening to put the flames out with blind tears: "_bisen," blind_--Ang. Sax.]
[Footnote 4: --she had had so many children.]
[Footnote 5: There should of course be no point of interrogation here.]
[Footnote 6:
This butcher, whilst his hands were yet held up, Treading upon his breast, struck off his hands.
Marlowe"s _Dido, Queen of Carthage_.]
[Footnote 7: "_milche_"--capable of giving milk: here _capable of tears_, which the burning eyes of the G.o.ds were not before.]
[Footnote 8: "And would have made pa.s.sion in the G.o.ds."]
[Footnote 9: "whether".]
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were better haue a bad Epitaph, then their ill report while you liued.[1] [Sidenote: live]
_Pol_. My Lord, I will vse them according to their desart.
_Ham_. G.o.ds bodykins man, better. Vse euerie [Sidenote: bodkin man, much better,]
man after his desart, and who should scape whipping: [Sidenote: shall]
vse them after your own Honor and Dignity.
The lesse they deserue, the more merit is in your bountie. Take them in.
_Pol_. Come sirs. _Exit Polon_.[2]
_Ham_. Follow him Friends: wee"l heare a play to morrow.[3] Dost thou heare me old Friend, can you play the murther of _Gonzago_?