[303]. Nay, forsooth, Act III. 1. Dr. Johnson observes, Malone’s Shakespeare, vol. xix. p. 498. [304]. Farewell, a long farewell, Act III. 2. him whom of all men, Act IV. 2. while her grace sat down, Act IV. 1. [305]. No maid could live near such a man. Mr. P. A. Daniel suggests that by a slip this remark has been said of Shakespeare instead of Henry VIII. The emendation would make the paragraph read thus: ‘It has been said of him [i.e. Henry VIII.]—“No maid could live near such a man.” It might with as good reason be said of Shakespear—“No king could live near such a man.”’ the best of kings. A phrase applied to Ferdinand VII. of Spain in official documents. See The Examiner, September 25, 1814, where the words are ironically italicised.
KING JOHN
[306]. denoted a foregone conclusion. Othello, Act III. 3. To consider thus. Hamlet, Act V. 1. [307]. Heat me these irons, Act IV. 1. [310]. There is not yet, Act IV. 3. To me, Act III. 1. that love of misery and Oh father Cardinal, Act III. 4. [311]. Aliquando. Ben Jonson’s Discoveries, LXIV., De Shakespeare Nostrati. commodity, tickling commodity, Act II. 1. [312]. That daughter there, Act II. 1 [niece to England]. Therefore to be possessed, Act IV. 2.
TWELFTH NIGHT
[314]. high fantastical, Act I. 1. Wherefore are these things hid, Act I. 3. rouse the night-owl and Dost thou think, Act II. 3. we cannot agree with Dr. Johnson. See Dr. Johnson’s Preface, before cited, p. 71. [315]. What’s her history, Act II. 4. Oh, it came o’er the ear, Act I., 1 [the sweet sound]. They give a very echo, Act II. 4. Blame not this haste, Act IV. 3. [316]. O fellow, come, Act II. 4. Here comes the little villain, Act II. 5 [drawn from us with cars].
THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
[318]. It is observable. The note is by Pope. See Malone’s Shakespeare, vol. iv. p. 3. This whole scene. Pope’s note is to Act I. 1. See Malone’s Shakespeare, vol. iv. p. 13. Why, how know you, Act II. 1. [319]. I do not seek, Act II. 7. The river wanders [glideth] at its [his] own sweet will. Sonnet composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802. And sweetest Shakespear. L’Allegro, lines 133–134.
[Or sweetest Shakespeare ...
Warble....]