(222) thy baseness and] So the 8vo.--The 4to "THE basnesse OF."
(223) mask] So the 8vo.--The 4to "walke."
(224) My lord, &c.] Something has dropt out: qy. "TAMELY suffer"?
(225) a goodly refreshing for them] So the 8vo.--The 4to "a GOOD refreshing TO them."
(226) Here] So the 8vo.--The 4to "there."
(227) it from] So the 8vo.--The 4to "it VP from."
(228) slice] So the 8vo.--The 4to "fleece."
(229) will fall] So the 8vo.--The 4to "will NOT fall."
(230) let] i.e. hinder.
(231) while] i.e. until.
(232) consort] i.e. band.
(233) pen] i.e. his sword.
(234) hastening] So the 4to.--The 8vo "hasting."
(235) 'specially] So the 8vo.--The 4to "especially."
(236) Morocco] Here and in the next speech the old eds. have "Morocus" and "Moroccus:" but see note ‡, p. 22.(i.e. note 162.)
(237) plage] i.e. region.--Old eds. "place."
(238) valour] Old eds. "value."
(239) again] So the 8vo.--Omitted in the 4to.
(240) renowm'd] See note ||. p. 11.(i.e. note 52.) So the 8vo. --The 4to "renown'd."
(241) Damascus] Both the old eds. here "Damasco:" but in many other places they agree in reading "Damascus."
(242) remorse] i.e. pity.
(243) sakes] So the 8vo.--The 4to. "sake."
(244) blubber'd] That this word formerly conveyed no ludicrous idea, appears from many passages of our early writers.
(245) And use us like a loving conqueror] "i.e. And that he will use us like, &c." Ed. 1826.
(246) care] So the 4to.--The 8vo "cares."
(247) helps] So the 8vo.--The 4to "help."
(248) or] So the 8vo.--The 4to "for."
(249) power] So the 8vo.--The 4to "powers."
(250) knew] So the 8vo.--The 4to "know."
(251) Reflexed] Old eds. "Reflexing."
(252) their] Old eds. "your."
(253) As] So the 8vo.--The 4to "And."
(254) tents] So the 8vo.--The 4to "tent."
(255) submission] Old eds. "submissions."
(256) of ruth and] So the 8vo.--The 4to "AND ruth OF."
(257) conceit] i.e. fancy, imagination.
(258) Hath] So the 4to.--The 8vo "Haue."
(259) nourish'd] So the 8vo.--The 4to "nourish."
(260) wish'd] So the 8vo.--The 4to "wish."
(261) imperious] So the 8vo.--The 4to "imprecious."
(262) passion] i.e. sorrow.
(263) resolved] i.e. dissolved.
(264) Eyes, when that Ebena steps to heaven, &c.] Either the transcriber or the printer has made sad work with this passage; nor am I able to suggest any probable emendation.
(265) fight] So the 8vo.--The 4to "fights."
(266) Persia's] Old eds. "Perseans," and "Persians."
(267) still] i.e. distil.
(268) I thus conceiving, and subduing both, That which hath stoop'd the chiefest of the gods, Even from the fiery-spangled veil of heaven, To feel the lovely warmth of shepherds' flames, And mask in cottages of strowed reeds, &c.]
i.e. I thus feeling, and also subduing, the power of Beauty, which has drawn down the chiefest of the gods even from, &c.
The 8vo has, "I thus conceiuing and subduing both. That which hath STOPT the TEMPEST of the Gods, Euen from the fiery spangled vaile of heauen, To feele the louely warmth of shepheards flames, And MARTCH in cottages of strowed WEEDS," &c.
The 4to has, "I thus concieuing and subduing both, That which hath STOPT the TEMPEST of the Gods, Euen from the SPANGLED FIRIE vaile of heauen, To feele the louely warmth of Shepheardes flames, And MARCH in COATCHES of strowed WEEDES," &c.
The alterations which I have made in this corrupted passage are supported by the following lines of the play;
"See now, ye slaves, my children STOOP YOUR PRIDE [i.e. make your pride to stoop], And lead your bodies sheep-like to the sword." Part Second,--act iv. sc. 1.
"The chiefest god, FIRST MOVER OF THAT SPHERE", &c. Part First,--act iv. sc. 2.
"Jove SOMETIME masked IN A SHEPHERD'S WEED", &c. Part First,--act i. sc. 2.
Perhaps in the third line of the present passage "fiery-spangled" should be "FIRE-YSPANGLED."
(269) Attend.] Old eds. "An." (a misprint probably), which the modern editors understand as "Anippe" (the waiting-maid of Zenocrate).