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... Halliwell's large folio edition ( Notes on Act v . of this play ) is worth repeating : - " It is unsafe to adopt any alteration from the Folio of 1632 , and later ones , unless sense abso- lutely requires it . In regard to metre , the ...
... Halliwell's large folio edition ( Notes on Act v . of this play ) is worth repeating : - " It is unsafe to adopt any alteration from the Folio of 1632 , and later ones , unless sense abso- lutely requires it . In regard to metre , the ...
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... Halliwell sug- gests French cessez . 8. burst ] broken . Kyd's Soliman and Perseda , I. iv . 53 , " Haue you burst your shin ? " ( Steevens ) . Again , III . ii . 60 , " a head - stall which hath been often burst . " 9. denier ] Old ...
... Halliwell sug- gests French cessez . 8. burst ] broken . Kyd's Soliman and Perseda , I. iv . 53 , " Haue you burst your shin ? " ( Steevens ) . Again , III . ii . 60 , " a head - stall which hath been often burst . " 9. denier ] Old ...
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... ( Halliwell ) . 17. Brach Merriman ] The use of brach as a synonym for bitch seems fairly well established at this date . Cf. " Lady , my brach " ( 1 Henry IV . III . i . 240 ) , and Nash's Have with You , etc. , 1596 , " his bratche or ...
... ( Halliwell ) . 17. Brach Merriman ] The use of brach as a synonym for bitch seems fairly well established at this date . Cf. " Lady , my brach " ( 1 Henry IV . III . i . 240 ) , and Nash's Have with You , etc. , 1596 , " his bratche or ...
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... Halliwell conj . 84. of ] during . Cf. " of her widow- hood , " II . i . 124 ; Love's Labour's Lost , 1. i . 43 , " And not be seen to wink of all the day . " 89. present her at the leet ] accuse her before the Court - leet or manorial ...
... Halliwell conj . 84. of ] during . Cf. " of her widow- hood , " II . i . 124 ; Love's Labour's Lost , 1. i . 43 , " And not be seen to wink of all the day . " 89. present her at the leet ] accuse her before the Court - leet or manorial ...
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... Halliwell quotes Skelton's Merrie Tales , " Hys wife would divers tymes in the weeke kimbe his head with a iij footed stoole , " and the Eng . Dial . Dict . shows it as still surviving in West Somerset and in West Yorks , e.g. " Sammed ...
... Halliwell quotes Skelton's Merrie Tales , " Hys wife would divers tymes in the weeke kimbe his head with a iij footed stoole , " and the Eng . Dial . Dict . shows it as still surviving in West Somerset and in West Yorks , e.g. " Sammed ...
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Page 151 - Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, Thy head, thy sovereign; one that cares for thee, And for thy maintenance commits his body To painful labour both by sea and land, To watch the night in storms, the day in cold, Whilst thou liest warm at home, secure and safe; And craves no other tribute at thy hands But love, fair looks and true obedience; Too little payment for so great a debt.
Page 151 - ... lord, thy life, thy keeper, Thy head, thy sovereign; one that cares for thee, And for thy maintenance commits his body To painful labour both by sea and land, To watch the night in storms, the day in cold, Whilst thou liest warm at home, secure and safe; And craves no other tribute at thy hands But love, fair looks, and true obedience— Too little payment for so great a debt. Such duty as the subject owes the prince, Even such a woman oweth to her husband...
Page 151 - What is she but a foul contending rebel And graceless traitor to her loving lord ? I am ashamed that women are so simple To offer war where they should kneel for peace, Or seek for rule, supremacy and sway, When they are bound to serve, love and obey.