To signify thou camest to bite the world: Glou. I'll hear no more: die, prophet, in thy speech: 55 [Stabs him. For this, amongst the rest, was I ordain'd. [Dies. 60 Sink in the ground? I thought it would have mounted. Down, down to hell; and say I sent thee thither, 48, 49. I and thought... O, 65 [Stabs him again. For ... ordain'd] 46, 47. Die prophet .. die, prophet. may . shed . . . wish 59, 60. Ay, and 61-65. What pardon thee] in the the... had thought... Now maie... shed, house] 50-54. What?... into For such as seeke... house Q. 66, 67. If life... Down thither] 55, 56. If life remaine in thee, Stab him againe. Downe . . . thither Q. 61, 62. aspiring blood of Lancaster mounted] Dyce, arguing that Marlowe had a large share in the compilation of the Contention and True Tragedie, produced parallels of these two lines from his Edward the Second (pp. 184, b, 212, b): "Frownst thou thereat, aspiring Lancaster," and "highly scorning that the lowly earth Should drink his blood, mounts up to the air." As I believe the True Tragedie is earlier than Edward II., these coincidences prove something else. For "earth drinking blood," see II. iii. 15, 23 (note). For "aspiring," see Part I. v. iv. 99. 66. spark of life] Another passage, in The Spanish Tragedy: "O speak if any sparke of life remaine" (II. v. 17, Boas). 67. Down, down I sent thee] Collier advanced these lines as a proof that Greene wrote this play, on the likeness of them to a passage in Alphonsus (Grosart, xiii. 347): "Go packe thou hence unto the And if he ask thee who did send I, that have neither pity, love nor fear. And this word "love," which greybeards call divine, Clarence, beware; thou keep'st me from the light; 68-73. I, that . . . 'tis true right?] 57-62. I that. had I. you... ruines ... brother . . call ... rights? Q. 70 75 80 85 90 [Exit, with the body. 74-77. The ... ... was; which dog] 63-66. The women wept and the midwife cride . was indeed, which dogge Q. 78-83. Then my body... brother alone] 67-72. Then since Heauen hath made my bodie answere it. I had no father, I am like no father, I have no brothers, I am like no brothers, And . . . tearme.. alone Q. 84-88. Clarence . keep'st That Edward . death] 74-78. Clarence. keptst... As Edward 89-93. King Henry the rest... throw... doom] 79-83. Henry and his sonne are gone, thou Clarence next, And by one and one I will dispatch the rest drag doome. Exit. Q. Flourish. Enter King EDWARD, Queen ELIZABETH, CLAR- K. Hen. Once more we sit in England's royal throne, 5 For hardy and undoubted champions; Two Cliffords, as the father and the son; Ne'er spurr'd their coursers at the trumpet's sound; With them, the two brave bears, Warwick and Montague, That in their chains fetter'd the kingly lion, And made the forest tremble when they roar'd. ΙΟ 15 SCENE VII. Flourish] F 1; omitted Q, F 2, 3, 4. Enter...] Enter King, Queene... Nurse, and Attendants Ff; Enter. (Gloucester omitted) and others Q. 1-20. Once more... renown'd... brave bears . . . Went all afoot gain] 1-20. Once more. renowmd. rough Beares... Marcht all a foote gaine Q. 3, 4. foemen mow'd down] Compare Troilus and Cressida, v. v. 25: "the strawy Greeks, ripe for Fall down before him like the And Henry V. 111. iii. 13:— · mowing like grass "Who seeming sorely chauffed at his band, As chained beare whom cruell dogs Referred to in Part II. v. i. 143-150. 14. And made . . . security] Marlowe Your fresh-fair virgins and your has this line in The Massacre at Paris flowering infants." And Sonnet 60. 4. tops of all their pride] Lodge has this: "Unhappy Rome.. Now to eclipse, in top of all thy pride" (Wounds of Civil War (Hazlitt's Dodsley, vii. 116)). 10, 11. bears... in their chains] Alluding to the "chained beare" at the stake, as in Faerie Queene, 1. xii. 35: (Dyce, 238, a) : "But he doth lurk within his drowsy couch; And makes his footstool on security" (first acted January, 1593, Dyce). 18. scalding] Not a happy term here, but "parching" had been used up. Scalding sighs" in Soliman and Perseda is more natural. That thou might'st repossess the crown in peace; 20 Glou. [Aside.] I'll blast his harvest, if your head were laid; This shoulder was ordain'd so thick to heave; Work thou the way, and thou shalt execute. K. Edw. Clarence and Gloucester, love my lovely queen ; Clar. The duty that I owe unto your majesty I seal upon the lips of this sweet babe. 25 Q. Eliz. Thanks, noble Clarence; worthy brother, thanks. 30 [Aside.] To say the truth, so Judas kiss'd his master, K. Edw. Now am I seated as my soul delights, Having my country's peace and brothers' loves. And hither have they sent it for her ransom. K. Edw. Away with her, and waft her hence to France. 21-25. I'll. ... if tree. . . fruit . 35 40 thou shalt execute] 21-25. Ile . . . and (if Q 3) thou shalt execute (that shalt Ff 1, 2) Q. 26-36. Clarence . . upon the lips when as he meant brothers' loves] 26-36. Clarence vpon the rosiate lips . fruit. . . child. . . And so he cride... and meant .. brothers loues Q. 37-46. What . . . Reignier . . . Sicils . . triumphs, mirthful pleasure... farewell sour lasting joy] 37-46. What Ranard .. Cyssels... triumphs and mirthfull pleasures .. farewell to sower . . . lasting ioie. Exeunt Omnes. Finis. Q. 29. upon the lips]" upon the rosiate lips," Q. "Roseal" was not a rare word, but "roseate was later except as a painter's colour term. "Rosate," "rosett," and "oil-rosat," are all in Holland's Pliny. And in Cunningham's Revels Accounts (Shakespeare Soc. p. 117). "Rosett... paynters percell appears in 1577. Nashe calls women's breasts "Roseate buds " (Christ's Teares (Grosart, iv. 208), 1593). 33. Judas kiss'd] Lest this should cause a charge of irreverence here, it may be mentioned that this was a familiar proverb. Many earlier examples could be quoted, and later. 37. have done with Margaret ?] "Queene Margaret lyke a prisoner was brought to London, where she remayned till kyng Reiner her father ransomed her with money, which summe (as the French writers afferme) he borrowed of Kyng Lewes... to repaye so great a dutie, he solde to the French King & his heires, the Kyngdomes of Naples and both the Siciles, with the county of Prouynce. . . . After the ransome payed, she was conveyed in to Fraunce with small honor" (Hall, p. 301). 40. sent it] Can only mean the money. Identical in Q. The sum is stated at 50,000 crowns by the French histories. 41. waft] "to carry or send over the With stately triumphs, mirthful comic shows, (Schmidt) occurs twice in this play, and in the last, but only once elsewhere in Shakespeare, in King John. 43. triumphs] public rejoicings. See Two Gentlemen of Verona, v. iv. 160, 161. And 1 Henry VI. v. v. 31. 43. mirthful] Not again in Shake 45 [Exeunt. speare. "Mirthful glee" is in Kyd's Cornelia, IV. ii. 193. 45, 46. Sound drums. . . joy] Similarly in Locrine, end of Act ii. : "Sound drums and trumpets, sound up cheerfully, Sith we return with joy and victory." See the last words of Part II. From these two Locrine derived the example. ABERDEEN: THE UNIVERSITY PRESS |