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The Shakespeare-Expositor: An Aid to the Perfect Understanding of Shakespeare's PlaysKeightley, Thomas

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The Shakespeare-Expositor: An Aid to the Perfect Understanding of Shakespeare's Plays

Name: The Shakespeare-Expositor: An Aid to the Perfect Understanding of Shakespeare's Plays
Author: Keightley, Thomas

Keightley, Thomas

Drama -- Outlines, syllabi, etc.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Outlines, syllabi, etc.

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    "And Henry born in Windsor _should_ lose all."

The 2nd folio added _should_.

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    SC. 3. "As looks the mother on her lowly babe."

For 'lowly' Collier's folio reads _lovely_.

ACT IV.

    SC. 1. "This dastard at the battle of Patay."

The folio reads Poictiers; Steevens made the correction. The error must
have been the printer's.

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    "But always resolute in most extremes."

I adopt the correction of _worst_ for 'most.'

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    "And now, _my_ Lord Protector, view the letter."

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    "My lord, how say you? Are you not content?"

The folio reads "How say you, my lord?"

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    "To wilful disobedience and rebel_lion_."

The end had certainly been effaced. Introd. p. 57.

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    "An if I wist he did ... but let it rest."

So Steevens corrected the _wish_ of the folio.

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    "But that it doth presage some ill event."

For 'that' we should read _sees_, or some other verb.

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    SC. 4. "Swearing that you withhold his levied host."

For 'host' Hanmer read _horse_, which the next speech would seem to
prove to be right.

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    SC. 5. "But if I bow they'll say it was for fear."

For 'bow' I read _do_.

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    SC. 7. "Great Märshal to Hen_e_ry the Sixth."

So Lucy must have pronounced it, in a slow measured tone. See on Rich.
II. i. 3.

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    "For God's sake let him have 'em."

For ''em' the folio reads _him_ here, and five lines lower down.

ACT V.

    SC. 3. "And lay them gently on thy tender side.
           I kiss these fingers for eternal peace."

I approve of this transposition made by Malone.

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    "Hast not a tongue? is she not here?"

The 2nd folio, which all follow, adds _thy prisoner_; _alone_ might be
better.

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    "Confounds the tongue and makes the senses rough?"

Various attempts have been made to amend 'rough,' but with little
success. We might perhaps read _dull_; but 'rough' may have been used
in the sense of rugged, insensible.

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    "And here I will expect thy coming _down_."

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    "Mad natural graces that extinguish art."

For 'Mad,' which makes no sense, Capell read _And_.

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    SC. 4. "Used intercession to obtain a league."

I think we should read _truce_ or _peace_ for 'league.'

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    SC. 5. "Provokes the mightiest hulk against the tide."

I incline to read _Propels_ for 'Provokes.'

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The Shakespeare-Expositor: An Aid to the Perfect Understanding of Shakespeare's PlaysKeightley, Thomas

General

The Shakespeare-Expositor: An Aid to the Perfect Understanding of Shakespeare's Plays

Keightley, Thomas

Drama -- Outlines, syllabi, etc.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Outlines, syllabi, etc.

*       *       *       *       *

    "And Henry born in Windsor _should_ lose all."

The 2nd folio added _should_.

       *       *       *       *       *

    SC. 3. "As looks the mother on her lowly babe."

For 'lowly' Collier's folio reads _lovely_.

ACT IV.

    SC. 1. "This dastard at the battle of Patay."

The folio reads Poictiers; Steevens made the correction. The error must
have been the printer's.

       *       *       *       *       *

    "But always resolute in most extremes."

I adopt the correction of _worst_ for 'most.'

       *       *       *       *       *

    "And now, _my_ Lord Protector, view the letter."

       *       *       *       *       *

    "My lord, how say you? Are you not content?"

The folio reads "How say you, my lord?"

       *       *       *       *       *

    "To wilful disobedience and rebel_lion_."

The end had certainly been effaced. Introd. p. 57.

       *       *       *       *       *

    "An if I wist he did ... but let it rest."

So Steevens corrected the _wish_ of the folio.

       *       *       *       *       *

    "But that it doth presage some ill event."

For 'that' we should read _sees_, or some other verb.

       *       *       *       *       *

    SC. 4. "Swearing that you withhold his levied host."

For 'host' Hanmer read _horse_, which the next speech would seem to
prove to be right.

       *       *       *       *       *

    SC. 5. "But if I bow they'll say it was for fear."

For 'bow' I read _do_.

       *       *       *       *       *

    SC. 7. "Great Märshal to Hen_e_ry the Sixth."

So Lucy must have pronounced it, in a slow measured tone. See on Rich.
II. i. 3.

       *       *       *       *       *

    "For God's sake let him have 'em."

For ''em' the folio reads _him_ here, and five lines lower down.

ACT V.

    SC. 3. "And lay them gently on thy tender side.
           I kiss these fingers for eternal peace."

I approve of this transposition made by Malone.

       *       *       *       *       *

    "Hast not a tongue? is she not here?"

The 2nd folio, which all follow, adds _thy prisoner_; _alone_ might be
better.

       *       *       *       *       *

    "Confounds the tongue and makes the senses rough?"

Various attempts have been made to amend 'rough,' but with little
success. We might perhaps read _dull_; but 'rough' may have been used
in the sense of rugged, insensible.

       *       *       *       *       *

    "And here I will expect thy coming _down_."

       *       *       *       *       *

    "Mad natural graces that extinguish art."

For 'Mad,' which makes no sense, Capell read _And_.

       *       *       *       *       *

    SC. 4. "Used intercession to obtain a league."

I think we should read _truce_ or _peace_ for 'league.'

       *       *       *       *       *

    SC. 5. "Provokes the mightiest hulk against the tide."

I incline to read _Propels_ for 'Provokes.'

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

The Shakespeare-Expositor: An Aid to the Perfect Understanding of Shakespeare's Plays

The Shakespeare-Expositor: An Aid to the Perfect Understanding of Shakespeare's Plays

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