Asc. She's gone, as life from the delinquent, when
Justice sheathes up her sword. I fain would have
Conceal'd love's treason, but desire t' obtain her
Put me to th' torture, till each nerve did crack,
And I confess'd, then died upon the rack. [Exit.
FOOTNOTES:
[281] Peradventure. Dr Johnson observes that in this sense happily is written erroneously for haply—haply being merely a contracted form of the other.]
"One thing more I shall wish you to desire of them, who happily may peruse these two treatises."—Digby.
[282] Habington has the same thought in his "Castara," edit. 1640, p. 51—
"Would Castara were
The daughter of some mountain-cottager,
Who, with his toil worn out, could dying leave
Her no more dowre than what she did receive
From bounteous nature; her would I then lead
To th' temple, rich in her own wealth."
—Steevens.
[283] [Old copy, love.]
[284] [Old copy, thought.]