Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies by Samuel Johnson
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page 70 of 398 (17%)
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IV.v.76 (403,3) a good memory] The Oxford editor, not knowing that
_memory_ was used at that time for _memorial_, alters it to _memorial_. IV.v.90 (403,4) A heart of wreak in thee] A heart of resentment. IV.v.91 (403,5) maims/Of shame] That is, disgraceful diminutions of territory. IV.v.207 (406,5) sanctifies himself with's hands] Alluding, improperly, to the act of _crossing_ upon any strange event. IV.v.212 (407,6) He will go, he says, and sowle the porter of Rome gates by the ears] That is, I suppose, drag him down by the ears into the dirt. _Souiller_, Fr. IV.v.214 (407,7) his passage poll'd] That is, _bared, cleared_. IV.v.238 (408,8) full of vent] Full of _rumour_, full of materials for _discourse_. IV.vi.2 (408,1) His remedies are tame i' the present peace] The old reading is, _His remedies are tame, the present peace_. I do not understand either line, but fancy it should be read thus, --_neither need we fear him; His remedies are ta'en, the present peace, And quietness o' the people_,-- |
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