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NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 s. n. OCT. w, 1916.

TEXTUAL XOTKS.

I. 19. troonkes. Perhaps " rankos," influenced by " troupes " preceding.

II. 20, i!l.

He whose proud Trophies whileom Asia field, And conquered Pontus, singe his lasting praise. Head " fild " (" filled ") and " Pontus singes." Op. 1. 216, " Pharsalia doth thy conquest sound."

1. 24. his high hang'd lookes. Query " his high haught lookes " ?

1. 27. haires. Query " chaires " ? Gods and men may be bound to the chairs of the Pates by adamantine chains, but hardly to their hairs. Cp. Bacon, ' Adv. of Learning,' I. i. 3 : " According -to the allegory of the poets, the highest link of nature's chain must needs be tied to the foot of Jupiter's chair."

1. 38. What Lawes, Armes and Pride. Query " What Lawles Armes," &c., or " What Lawes and Armes," &c. ?

1. 120. Oh, what disgrace can taunt this worthinesse. Query " taint " ? (Cp. " blemish " above). Cp. 1. 2239,

What Bastard feare hath taunted our dead hearts, where " tainted " seems required ; and ' II. Tam- burlaine,' IV. i. 24, " our taintlesse swords."

I. 143. My fall augmented. Query " My fall's augmented " ?

II. 150-51.

Thy former haps did Men thy vertue shew, But now that fayles them which thy vertue knew. Query " which they vertue knew " ? The reverse error, " they " for " thy," is found in 11. 410, 646, 1846. Perhaps " them " should, be
 * ' thee."

1. 171. Tis but discomfort which misgreeues thee this. Read " misgeeues " ( =misgives). p. 11. 1729-30, " Brutus too | Doth geeue thee this," and 1. 2229. The word was affected by " Greefe " following. M. shows that the lines are suggested by Spenser, ' F. Q.,' I. vii. xli.

1. 263. goaring. Perhaps " goarie " ; and in 1. 1988, " Blood-thirsting," perhaps " Blood - thirstie."

1. 311. was. Query "wast"? Cp. 1. 2139.

1. 318. no while. Read " no whit " (cp. 1. 871).

1. 329. The Meroe. Read " That Meroe."

I. 335. Scythia. Query " Scythian " ? For the reverse, cp. 1. 1438.

II. 348-9. M. shows that these lines are suggested by Lucan, vii. 449-50 :

Scilicet ipse. . . .petet ignibus Oeten, Immeritseque nemus Rhodopes. This makes it likely that " underringing " should be " undeseruing."

1. 356. Furor in flame. Query " Enrold in flame " (cp. note on 1. 2265). M. shows that the line is suggested by Spenser, ' F. Q.,' I. viii. ix. : Hurles forth his thundring dart with deadly food Enrold in flames and smouldring dreriment.

1. 357. blast. Read " plast " (placed). Cp. Span. Trag.,' III. i. 3. The word was affected by

blase " immediately above.

1. 372. it seuers. Read " vs seuers " (M.).

1. 394. O. Read " Or."

/&. pleasure. Read " presence."

1. 398. those mis-fortunes. Read " these." &c.

11. 404-6.

Thy rented hayre doth rent my heart in twayne, And those fayr JSeas, that rainc il<.ure *},(.v is cf

tears, Do melt my soule .... In 1. 783 we have :

rent thy wretched haire Drowne blobred cheekes in seas of saltest teaivs. We must apparently accept the mixed metaphor n 1. 4(15, and not suppose that " Sc.-is " should be ' Eies."

. 425. Let me in this (I feare) my last request Not to indanger thy beloved life. .

Can " Let " stand in the sense of " yield,"
 * < grant " ? " Let me have my way."

I. 494. her flowery fayre. Apparently " fayre " = "fere," companion. Cp. 1. 503.

II. 498-9. So hath your presence ....

comforts poor JEcripts Queene

Query " doth. . . .comfort," "hath ... .com- fort " (= comforted), " hathi .. .comforts for

gipts Queene " ?

I. 525. eleuen yeares tedious seege. Can " eleuen " be right ? Should we read " the ten " ? Cp. 1. 1257, " that same ten years Troians warre."

II. 573-7. Might all the deedes

It shall not be the least ....

For " Might " read " Mogst " ( ='mongst).

1 588. staind white. Query " staine-white " ? 624. prosecuting. Perhaps " persecuting." 700. Defective.

741. presant. Query " message " . rbabl

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1 750. ambitions wings. Probably right, cp 1. 1468. If the word should be " ambitious " cp. 1. 2014.

1. 774. Thee to behold. Query for " Thee " read " Thee " (Thenc, Thence) ?

I. 789. Vnhappy long to speak. For " long " read " tong " (M.).

II. 802-3. his Ghost

That now sits wandring by the Stygian bankes.

" Sits wandring " is suspicious. But it is unsafe to emend it in face of 11. 24GS-9. " Brutus I come to company thy soule | Which by Cocytus wandreth all alone," and ' I. Tamburlaine,' V. ii. 402, "Millions of soules sit on the bankes of Styx." One must suppose that " sits " = remains.

1. 829. which. The Malone editors suggest " mine," but, in spite of the loose grammar, " which " is perhaps sound.

1. 844. Cleops. Read " Cheops " (M.).

1. 864. pretest. Read " profest " (M.).

1. 883. Nemean toyles. The word " Nemean " seems to have crept in from the line above and displaced a longer word.

1. 896. these murtherous. Query " those," &c. ?

1. 900. The purple Hyacinth of Phasbus Land.

For "Land read ""Lou'd " (loved). M. and Crawford show that the passage is based on ' F. Q.,' III. vi. xlv. :

Fresh Hyacinthus, Phoebus paramoure And dearest love ;

Foolish Narcisse, that likes the watry shore, Sad Amaranthus, &c. 1. 903. of. Read "and" (M.). 1. 908. M. shows that these lines follow Spenser, ' F. Q.,' III. i. li.

1. 922. Winde. Read " Wende." Cp. 1. 597.