Hath cut her throat already.-No, 'tis slander; All corners of the world: kings, queens, and states,' To lie in watch there, and to think on him? To break it with a fearful dream of him, Pis. Alas, good lady! Imo. I false? Thy conscience witness:-Iachimo, Thou didst accuse him of incontinency; Thou then look'dst like a villain; now, methinks, 7 Pis. Good madam, hear me. Imo. True honest men being heard, like false Æneas, -states,] Persons of highest rank. 8 Whose mother was her painting,] Some jay of Italy, made by art; the creature, not of nature, but of painting. In this sense painting may not be improperly termed her mother. 9 And, for I am richer than to hang by the walls, I must be ripp'd:] To hang by the walls, does not mean, to be converted into hangings for a room, but to be hung up, as useless, among the neglected contents of a wardrobe. VOL. IX. F Were, in his time, thought false: and Sinon's weeping Did scandal many a holy tear; took pity From most true wretchedness: So, thou, Posthúmus, Wilt lay the leaven on all proper men ;' Goodly, and gallant, shall be false, and perjur'd, From thy great fail.-Come, fellow, be thou honest: Do thou thy master's bidding: When thou see'st him, A little witness my obedience: Look! I draw the sword myself: take it; and hit Pis. Hence, vile instrument ! Thou shalt not damn my hand. Imo. Why, I must die; And if I do not by thy hand, thou art No servant of thy master's: Against self-slaughter There is a prohibition so divine, That cravens my weak hand. Come, here's my heart; Something's afore't:-Soft, soft; we'll no defence; Corrupters of my faith! you shall no more Be stomachers to my heart! Thus may poor fools Believe false teachers: Though those that are betray'd Do feel the treason sharply, yet the traitor Wilt lay the leaven on all proper men; &c.] i. e. says Mr. Upton, "wilt infect and corrupt their good name, (like sour dough that leaveneth the whole mass,) and wilt render them suspected.' 2 That cravens my weak hand.] i. e. makes me a coward. Stands in worse case of woe. And thou, Posthúmus, thou that did'st set up Pis. 3 O gracious lady, Since I receiv'd command to do this business, Imo. Do't, and to bed then. Wherefore then Pis. I'll wake mine eye-balls blind first. Pis. Imo. That now thou tir'st on,] A hawk is said to tire upon that which she pecks; from tirer, French. • To be unbent,] To have thy bow unbent, alluding to an hunter. Not so, neither: then But if I were as wise as honest, Imo. Some Roman courtezan. Pis. No, on my life. I'll give but notice you are dead, and send him Imo. Dead to my husband? Pis. If you'll back to the court, Pis. If not at court, Where then? Then not in Britain must you bide. Imo. In a great pool, a swan's nest; Pr'ythee, think Pis. I am most glad You think of other place. The embassador, Lucius the Roman, comes to Milford-Haven To-morrow: Now, if you could wear a mind Imo. O, for such means! Pis. Well then, here's the point: Imo. Nay, be brief: I see into thy end, and am almost A man already. Pis. First, make yourself but like one. Fore-thinking this, I have already fit, ('Tis in my cloak-bag,) doublet, hat, hose, all That answer to them: Would you, in their serving, And with what imitation you can borrow 3 As quarrellous as the weasel:] This character of the weasel is not warranted by naturalists. Weasels, however, were formerly kept in houses instead of cats, for the purpose of killing vermin. |