The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 4 of 9]Shakespeare, William
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The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 4 of 9]
Shakespeare, William
English drama
Mr Lloyd, who, with the same punctuation, would read, 'her sin, her
injury,' interprets thus: 'Elinor's injuries to Arthur are God's agents
to punish him both for the sin of being her grandchild and for the
inherited guilt of these very injuries.'
The word 'sin' is twice printed by mistake for 'son' in Johnson's note
to this passage, Ed. 1765.
Malone supposed that two half lines had been lost after the words, "And
with her."
NOTE XI.
II. 1. 268. This line, with the substitution of 'this' for 'our,' is
taken from a prose passage of the old play, _The troublesome Raigne of
King John_, Sig. C. 3. recto, ed. 1622. The names of the provinces
given in II. 1. 525, 526, came also from the old play (Sig. D. verso).
The line, 'For that my grandsire was an Englishman,' V. 4. 42, is found
in the old play, Sig. K. 4. recto.
In a few other passages, as for instance in II. 1. 65, there is an
almost verbal identity between Shakespeare and his predecessor.
NOTE XII.
II. 1. 289. Capell's copy of the second Folio has _sit's on's_; that
which belonged to Dr Long has _it' son's_.
NOTE XIII.
II. 1. 300. The word '_Heere_,' used in the stage direction, seems
to indicate that the scene was supposed to continue. No new scene is
marked in the Folios. Mr Dyce and Mr Grant White have followed their
authority.
NOTE XIV.
II. 1. 325. Mr Knight alone of modern editors retains _Hubert_,
supposing this citizen of Angiers to be the same person as Arthur's
gaoler. But in the old play the citizen who proposes the league to the
two kings is a distinct person from Hubert de Burgh. It is much more
probable that the name _Hubert_ has crept in here from the fact that
the same actor who was to play Hubert played also the part of 'First
citizen.'
NOTE XV.
III. 1. 69. In Boswell's edition (1821) the reading '_its_ owner stoop'
is derived from a misprint of Johnson, who quotes it as the reading of
the old editions. Mr Collier incorrectly attributes it to Malone.
NOTE XVI.
III. 1. 133. Pope inserts after this line the following passage,
adapted from the old play of _The troublesome Raigne of King John_:
'_Aust._ Methinks that Richard's pride and Richard's fall
Should be a precedent to fright you, Sir.
_Bast._ What words are these? how do my sinews shake!
My father's foe clad in my father's spoil!
How doth Alecto whisper in my ears;
Delay not, Richard, kill the villain strait,
Disrobe him of the matchless monument,
Thy father's triumph o'er the savages--
Now by his soul I swear, my father's soul,
Twice will I not review the morning's rise,
Till I have torn that trophy from thy back,
And split thy heart, for wearing it so long.'
NOTE XVII.
III. 1. 260. Mr Staunton says, in his note on this passage, '_Chafed_
was first suggested by Mr Dyce.' It is found first in Theobald, who
is followed by Hanmer, Warburton, Johnson, and Capell. Steevens, who
mentioned it, returned to the old reading, 'cased.'
NOTE XVIII.
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