The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 3 of 9]Shakespeare, William
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The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 3 of 9]
Shakespeare, William
English drama
_King._ Would I were with him! He would always say--
Methinks I hear him now; his plausive words
He scatter'd not in ears, but grafted them,
To grow there and to bear,--'Let me not live,'-- 55
This his good melancholy oft began,
On the catastrophe and heel of pastime,
When it was out,--'Let me not live,' quoth he,
'After my flame lacks oil, to be the snuff
Of younger spirits, whose apprehensive senses 60
All but new things disdain; whose judgements are
Mere fathers of their garments; whose constancies
Expire before their fashions. This he wish'd:
I after him do after him wish too,
Since I nor wax nor honey can bring home, 65
I quickly were dissolved from my hive,
To give some labourers room.
_Sec. Lord._ You are loved, sir;
They that least lend it you shall lack you first.
_King._ I fill a place, I know't. How long is't, count,
Since the physician at your father's died? 70
He was much famed.
_Ber._ Some six months since, my lord.
_King._ If he were living, I would try him yet.
Lend me an arm; the rest have worn me out
With several applications: nature and sickness
Debate it at their leisure. Welcome, count; 75
My son's no dearer.
_Ber._ Thank your majesty. [_Exeunt. Flourish._
LINENOTES:
SCENE II.] Capell. SCENE V. Pope.
Flourish of cornets.] Flourish cornets. Ff.
[1] _Senoys_] _Siennois_ or _Siennese_ Lloyd conj.
_the ears_] Capell. _th' eares_ Ff.
[3, 9, 18] First Lord.] 1. Lord. Rowe. 1. Lo. G. Ff.
[15, 67] Sec. Lord.] 2. Lord. Rowe. 2. Lo. E. Ff.
[15] _well may_] _may well_ F3 F4.
[18] _It is_] F1 F4. _It 'tis_ F2 F3.
_Rousillon_] Pope. _Rosignoll_ F1. _Rosillion_ F2. _Rossillion_ F3
F4.
[21] _Hath well composed thee_] _Compos'd thee well_ Pope.
[28] _bravest_] _brav'st_ Pope.
[32] _well_] _ill_ Long MS.
[35] _hide their levity in honour_] _vye their levity with his honour_
Hanmer. _hide their levity in humour_ Long MS.
[35, 36] _honour: So like a courtier,_] Ff. _honour, So like a
courtier:_ Capell (Blackstone conj.). _honour: No courtier-like_ Lloyd
conj.
[36] _contempt nor_] _no contempt nor_ Rowe (ed. 1). _no contempt or_
Rowe (ed. 2).
[37] _in his pride or sharpness;_] _in him; pride or sharpness_,
Theobald (Warburton). _in him, pride or sharpness;_ Capell.
_if they were_] _if there were_ Theobald (Warburton).
[39] _Clock_] _Block_ Rowe (ed. 2).
[40] _Exception_] _Exceptions_ Theobald.
_this_] _that_ Rowe.
[41] _his hand_] _the hand_ Johnson conj. _it's hand_ Capell. _his
head_ Long MS.
[42] _another place_] _a brother-race_ Hanmer.
[44] _proud of_] _proud; and_ Warburton.
[44, 45] _humility, In ... praise he humbled_] _humility: He in ...
praise, humbled_ Becket conj.
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