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. J. Clown. One good woman in ten, madam, which is a purifying o'th' Song: '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 star, or at an earthquake 'twould mend the lottery well, a man may draw his beart out ere be 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 (faid he) he efcape 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. you Lafeu. O will you eat no grapes my royal fox? Fes but will my noble grapes, and if my royal fox could reach them.] See this explain'd, Æfop's Fables, fab. 129, intitled, A Fox and Grapes: Id. ib. - I have seen a medicine That's able to breath life into a stone Mr. Richard Brome in his comedy, intitled, The City Wit: or The Woman wears the breeches, act 4. fc. 1. mentions this, among other dances. Crafy. t "As for coratitoes, levoltos, jigs, measures, pavins, brawls, galliards, or canaries; I fpeak it not fwellingly, but I fubfcribe to no "man:" And in Mr. Richard Prome's New Academy": or The New Change, p. 65. Pap. What are your dances chiefly? Ser we have Coran,la Miniard, la Ve mimode, 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 va lette 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 himfelf in Mr. Tho. Randolph's Ariftippus, or Jovial Philofopher, p. 24, 25, 26, 27. Medico. "Two gentlemen were fighting, one loft his thumb, I by chance coming " by took it up, and put it in my pocket: fome "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 witnefs, 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 it 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 fo 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 about me; I put it into their wine, they "had no fooner drank of it, but they prefently difgorg'd their stomachs, and fell asleep: “I Sir, gather'd up the miferable morfels of my friend, placed them together and restored him to be a perfect man again; and if he 66 were alive, he were able to witnefs it him"felf." tr 71 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 self 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 fbuns thy love, fbuns all his love of me. all the rest is mute. in this choice, than i. e. I would ra ther take a wife, though I did not much like her, than run the rifque of being hang'd, by throwing the loweft 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, intitled, Ambs Ace. "There were two prisoners fentenced to "throw the dice for their lives; and the firft 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 26 up ftarts the new convert from his prayers, "with a bloody oath in his mouth, ambs ace "by fays he." This was the wish of Cafter the gamester, 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 last stake, (when there is nothing else to lose 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 frost, between two shaking agues.” Sc. 8. p. 48. Parolles. He wears his honour in a box, unfeen That bugs his kickfy-wickfy bere at bome.] |