The prefence of a king engenders love Henry VI. P. 1, A. 3, S. 1. Dies not alone; but, like a gulf, doth draw Hamlet, A. 3, S. 3. To beg Enfranchisement immediate on his knees: Richard II. A. 3, S. 3, O majesty! When thou doft pinch thy bearer, thou dost sit Like a rich armour worn in heat of day, That fcalds with fafety. Henry IV. P. 2, A. 4, S. 4. With many holiday and lady terms He queftion'd me; among the reft, demanded My prifoners, in your majefty's behalf. Henry IV. P. 1, A. 1, S. 3. MAL I C E. Kneel not to me: The power that I have on you, is to spare you: Fie, uncle Beaufort! I have heard you preach, And And will not you maintain the thing you teach, : Efpous'd to death, with blood he feal'd A teftament of noble-ending love. The pretty and fweet manner of it forc'd Thofe waters from me, which I would have ftopp'd; But I had not fo much of man in me, But all my mother came into mine eyes, And gave me up to tears. Henry V. A. 4, S. 6. In fuch cases, Men's natures wrangle with inferior things, Though great ones are their object. 'Tis ev'n fo. Our other healthful members, ev'n to a fenfe Of pain'. Othello, A. 3, S. 4. Yet fhe muft die, elfe fhe'll betray more men. I can again thy former light reftore Should I repent me:-but once put out thy light, I know not where is that Promethean heat, Othello, A. 5, S. 2. Bring me unto my trial when you will. Dy'd he not in his bed? where should he die? 1 For let our finger ach, and it endues Our other healthful members, with a sense Of pain.] I believe it fhould be rather fubdues our other healthful members to a sense of pain." JOHNSON. Endues," I believe, fhould be induces; i. e. brings on, fuperinduces. The paffage fhould be printed thus: "For let our finger ach, and it induces "A fenfe of pain e'en to our healthful members." A. B. Can Can I make men live, whe'r they will or no?- Henry VI. P. 2, A. 3, S. 3, Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice: his reafons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bufhels of chaff; you shall seek all day ere you find them; and, when you have them, they are not worth the search. Merchant of Venice, A. 1, S. 1. If to do, were as eafy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages, prince's palaces. Merchant of Venice, A. 1, S. 2. The painting is almost the natural man ; For fince difhonour trafficks with man's nature, Even fuch as they give out. Timon of Athens, A. 1, S. 1. A barren-fpirited fellow, one that feeds On objects, arts, and imitations; Which, out of use, and stal'd by other men, But as a property. I. Julius Cæfar, A. 4, S. T. Oh, what may man within him hide, Measure for Measure, A. 3, S. 2. Dishonest wretch ! Wilt thou be made a man out of my vice? Measure for Measure, A. 3, S. 1. Men give like gods. When maidens fue, Meafure for Measure, A. 1, S. 5. Could great men thunder As Jove himself does, Jove would ne'er be quiet, For For every pelting', petty officer, Meafure for Measure, A. 2, S. 2. - Man! proud man, (Dreft in a little brief authority; Moft ignorant of what he's most affur'd, Plays fuch fantastic tricks before high heaven, Measure for Measure, A. 2, S. 2. Great men may jeft with faints: 'tis wit in them; But, in the lefs, foul profanation. Measure for Measure, A. 2, S. 2. Men fo noble, However faulty, yet fhould find respect For what they have been: 'tis a cruelty, To load a falling man. Henry VIII. A. 5, S. 2. Men, that make nourishment, Envy, and crooked malice, Dare bite the best. Henry VIII. A. 5, S. 2. This imperious man will work us all From princes into pages; all men's honours Of an unbounded ftomach, ever ranking 1- pelting.] i, e. Paltry. STEEVENS. Pelting" is noify, turbulent. See note on King Lear, page 45. A. B. His promifes were, as he then was, mighty; Henry VIII. A. 4, S. 2. * I fee, that men make hopes in fuch affairs, Will lofe his beauty; and the gold 'bides ftill, Comedy of Errors, A. 2, S. 1. Wife men ne'er fit and wail their lofs, And half our failors fwallow'd in the flood? A lionefs, with udders all drawn dry, Lay couching, head on ground, with cat-like watch, When that the fleeping man should ftir; for 'tis 1 I see that men make hopes in fuch affairs.] The folio editions read: make ropes in fuch a fcarre." The emendation was introduced by Mr. Rowe. Ray fays, that fcarre is a cliff of a rock, or a naked rock on dry land, from the Saxon carre, cautes. STEEVENS. "Make ropes in fuch a fcarre." The paffage is undoubtedly corrupt; but the reading propofed by Mr. Rowe is poor and bald indeed! If for "ropes" we read japes, and for "fcarre" feathe, both which words were eafily mistaken in tranfcribing, we fhall, I believe, discover the meaning of the speech. Jape is jeft, and feathe is injury. I read, i. l. "I fee that men make japes of such a scathe: "That we'll forfake ourselves." "I know that men are apt to make a jest of such injuries, and to think that they may rely on our weakness for fuccefs." This is the language which a woman of virtue may well be fuppofed to hold to the man who is endeavouring to feduce her. A. B. The |