The Works of Shakespeare, Volume 1Methuen, 1904 |
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Page ix
... read in the play itself . Before going into these matters , let us study the sources of our text , and the date of the play's appearance . text of the Merry Wives is that of the 1623 Folio . three later Folios , reproductions of the ...
... read in the play itself . Before going into these matters , let us study the sources of our text , and the date of the play's appearance . text of the Merry Wives is that of the 1623 Folio . three later Folios , reproductions of the ...
Page xxi
... read , " I cannot abide the smell of hot meate Nere since I broke my shin . Ile tell you how it came By my troth . A Fencer and I plaied three venies For a dish of stewed prunes , and I with my ward Defending my head , he hot my shin ...
... read , " I cannot abide the smell of hot meate Nere since I broke my shin . Ile tell you how it came By my troth . A Fencer and I plaied three venies For a dish of stewed prunes , and I with my ward Defending my head , he hot my shin ...
Page xxiii
... reads " king , " the Quarto has " council . " This apparent reference to James is ex- plained by Mr. Daniel as being neutralised by the " time of the play being laid in the reign of Henry IV . , " which has , I think , a very distant ...
... reads " king , " the Quarto has " council . " This apparent reference to James is ex- plained by Mr. Daniel as being neutralised by the " time of the play being laid in the reign of Henry IV . , " which has , I think , a very distant ...
Page xxvi
... reads , " the Welsh devil Herne ? " - an -an undoubted misprint . I prefer to correct it by omitting " Herne , " and ... read " Vizier . " And I think it is very probable " An - heires " ( II . i . 224 ) stands for " Amirs , " or ...
... reads , " the Welsh devil Herne ? " - an -an undoubted misprint . I prefer to correct it by omitting " Herne , " and ... read " Vizier . " And I think it is very probable " An - heires " ( II . i . 224 ) stands for " Amirs , " or ...
Page xxxv
... read , " three score year and upwards . " And I now learn that the age of Sir Thomas Lucy in 1598 was 66 ! See Ritson's note in Steevens ' Shakespeare , where he shows that Shallow should be some- where about this age at the end of 2 ...
... read , " three score year and upwards . " And I now learn that the age of Sir Thomas Lucy in 1598 was 66 ! See Ritson's note in Steevens ' Shakespeare , where he shows that Shallow should be some- where about this age at the end of 2 ...
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