"You sway the motion of Demetrius' heart."
M. N. D. i. 1.
"The will of man is by his reason sway'd."
Ib. ii. 2.
"Our own stars all our fortunes,
Which, as we sway 'em, to abuse or bless us."
Fletch. Chances, ii. 3.
It seems evident that the initial s of sway was effaced, a thing not unusual. As to the change of y to g, I lately read a work on South America, in which the well-known name Almagro was invariably printed Almayro. 'Cry Hem!' may mean, use the language of rakish youths; "Our watch-word was, Hem boys!" (2 Hen. IV. iii. 2).
"Some of us would lie low.—Who is it wrongs him?"