For I'll refer me to all things of sense, Oth. Hold your hands, Were it my cue to fight, I should have known it Bra. To prison; till fit time Of law, and course of direct session, Oth. What if I do obey? How may the duke be therewith satisfied; of. 'Tis true, most worthy seignior, 1 It was the fashion of the Poet's time for lusty gallants to wear " a curled bush of frizzled hair." See Hall's Satires, ed. 1824, book iii. sat. 5. 2 "Of such a thing as thou; a thing to fear (i. e. terrify), not to delight." 3 The lines in crotchets are not in the first edition, 4to. 1622. 4 The old copy reads, "That weaken motion." The emendation is Hanmer's. Motion is elsewhere used by our Poet precisely in the sense required here. To waken is to incite, to stir up. The duke's in council; and your noble self, Bra. SCENE III. The same. A Council Chamber. The Duke, and Senators, sitting at a table; Officers attending. 2 Duke. There is no composition in these news, That gives them credit. 1 Sen. Indeed, they are disproportioned; My letters say a hundred and seven galleys. 3 2 Sen. And mine, two hundred. But though they jump not on a just account, (As in these cases, where the aim reports, 'Tis oft with difference,) yet do they all confirm A Turkish fleet, and bearing up to Cyprus. Duke. Nay, it is possible enough to judgment; I do not so secure me in the error, But the main article I do approve In fearful sense. Sailor. [Within.] What, ho! what, ho! what, ho! 1 Pagan was a word of contempt; and the reason will appear from nts etymology:" Paganus, villanus vel inculsus; et derivatur a pagus quod est villa. Et quicunque habitat in villa est paganus. Præterea quicunque est extra civitatem Dei, i. e. ecclesiam, dicitur paganus; anglice, a paynim."-Ortus Vocabulorum, 1528. 2 Composition for consistency. News was considered of the plural number by our ancestors. 3 Aim is guess, conjecture. The quarto reads, "they aim reports." The meaning appears to be, "In these cases where conjecture tells the tale." |