Id. ib. p. 18. Clown. Yare fhallow, madam, for the knaves come to do that for me, which I am weary of] "I am a weary of." Edit. 1632. Sc. 6. p. 19. Clown. One good woman in ten, madam, which is a purifying o'th' fong: 'would God would ferve the world fo all the year? we'd find no fault with the tythe woman if I were the parfon: one in ten quoth a! an we might have a good woman born but every blazing ftar, or at an earthquake 'twould mend the lottery well, a man may draw his heart out ere he pluck one.] An allufion probably to the fermon of Dr. William Chadderton in Saint Mary's church in Cambridge, in Queen Elizabeth's reign; mentioned by Sir John Harrington, Brief View of the State of the Church, 12°. p. 80. "In a wedding fermon, Mr. Chadderton is "reported to have made this comparison, and "to have given this friendly caveat: that the "choice of a wife was full of hazard, not un"like, as if one in a barrel full of ferpents, "fhould grope for one fish; if (said he) he escape harm of the fnakes, and light on a fish, he may be thought fortunate; but let "him not boaft, for perhaps it may prove an "eel." P. 20. Clown. That man that should be at a woman's command, and yet no hurt done.]" That "man fhould be, &c." Folio 1632, and Sir Tho, Hanmer. King. Forlook, thy cheeks "Confefs' t'on' You my Lords farewell.] "And you my Lords farewell." Folio 1632. Act. 2. fc. 2. p. 29. Lafeu. O will you eat no grapes my royal fox ? Yes but you will my noble grapes, and if my royal fox could reach them.] See this explain'd, ESop's Fables, fab, 129, intitled, A Fox and Grapes. Id. ib. I have feen a medicine That's able to breath life into a stone Quicken a rock, and make you dance canary.] Mr. Richard Brome in his comedy, intit❜led, The City Wit: or The Woman wears the breeches, act 4. fc. 1. mentions this, among other dances. Crafy. 66 I As for coratitoes, levoltos, jigs, measures, pavins, brawls, galliards, or canaries "fpeak it not fwellingly, but I fubfcribe to no And in Mr. Richard Brome's New Academy: or The New Change, p. 65. Pap. What are your dances chiefly? Ser we have Corant, la Miniard, la Vemimode, le Marqueffe, le Holland, la Britaine, le Roy, la Prince, le Montague, the Saraband, the Canaries, la Revirre: for Galliards, the Sellebrand, the Dolphine, the new Galliard, the palette Galliard, and Lepees. P 2 Id. ib. Id. ib. Whofe fimple touch Is powerful to raise King Pepin, nay To give great Charlemain a pen in hand, And write a love letter.] Lafeu afcribes to her as much of the marvellous, (or rather miraculous) power to Helena, as Medico affumes to himself · in Mr. Tho. Randolph's Ariftippus, or Jovial Philofopher, p. 24, 25, 26, 27. 66 66 "it Medico. "Two gentlemen were fighting, one loft his thumb, I by chance coming by took it up, and put it in my pocket: some "two months after, meeting the gentleman, I "fet on his thumb again; and if he were in Cambridge, I could have his hand to fhew for The Great Turk can witness, I am "fure, that the eyes he wears were of my "making I cured the King of Poland of a wart on's nofe, and Bethlehem Gabor of a ring worm. I cured Shirley in the Grand Sophi's court in Perfia, when he had been but "twice fhot through with ordnance; and had “two bullets in each thigh; and so quickly, "that he was able to lie at night with his wife, "the Sophi's niece, and begat a whole church "of Chriftians. "A friend of mine travell'd with me into "the land of Cannibals, there miffing my friend, "I ran to feek him, and at laft came into a "land, where I faw a company feeding on "him, they had eaten half of him, I was very "penfive at his misfortune, or rather mine. "At laft I bethought me of a powder I had "about ແ "about me; I put it into their wine, they "had no fooner drank of it, but they prefent ly difgorg'd their stomachs, and fell asleep : "I Sir, gather'd up the miferable morfels of my friend, placed them together and restor"ed him to be a perfect man again; and if he 66 were alive, he were able to witness it him"felf." Act 2. fc. 2. p. 30. Lafeu. I'm Creffid's uncle, That dare leave two together.] I Pandarus, the first procurer, was Creffid's uncle. See Troilus and Creffida, vol. 8th Act 3. fc. v. p. 427. In act 5. fc. 15. p. 488. Troilus calls Pandarus, brothel lacquey. Sc. 4. p. 35. Clown. I will fhew my felf highly fed, and lowly taught.] Alluding to the old proverb, of being better fed than taught. See Ray's Proverbial Phrafes, p. 243. Act 2. fc. 6. p. 40. King. Make choice and fee, Who fhuns thy love, fhuns all his love of me. in this choice, than Helen. Thanks, Sir; all the rest is mute. Lafeu. I had rather be throw ames ace for my life.] i. e. I would rather take a wife, though I did not much like her, than run the rifque of being hang'd, by throwing the lowest chance of the dice for my life. Alluding 'tis likely, to the following ftory in Sir Roger L'Eftrange's fables 2d part, fab. 15, intit❜led, Ambs Ace. "There were two prifoners fentenced to "throw the dice for their lives; and the first "cafter threw deuce ace, which put him "into fuch a fit of repentance, vows, promises, "and refolutions that there never was fo faint"like a penitent, while he was in the middle "of his ejaculation; the other threw two aces "the dice were no fooner upon the table, but .. up ftarts the new convert from his prayers, "with a bloody oath in his mouth, ambs ace fays he." " by This was the wifh of Cafter the gamefter, in the comedy, intit'ld, The Ordinary, by Mr. William Cartwright, act the 2d fc. 3. "If I e'er difcover, may I want money to ' pay my ordinary, may I at my laft ftake, "(when there is nothing else to lofe the game) throw ames ace thrice together." Id. ib. Laf. The boys are boys of ice, they'll none of ber.] Mr. James Shirley, in his tragi-comedy, intitled, The Imposture, act 2. fpeaking of Bertoldi the coward, fays, "That he was begotten "in a great froft, between two fhaking agues." Sc. 8. p. 48. Parolles. He wears his honour in a box, unfeen That bugs his kickfy-wickfy here at home.] |