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eds。 have; 

       〃And make OUR strokes to wound the sencelesse LURE。〃 

     (the last word being; perhaps; in the 8vo 〃lute。〃) Here 〃light〃 is a very 

questionable reading: qy。 〃air〃? (though the third line above ends with that 

word)。 

      boss' In the GENT。 MAG。 for Jan。 1841; J。 M。 proposed to alter 

〃boss〃 to 〃Bassa。〃 But Cotgrave; in his DICT。; has; 〃A fat BOSSE。 Femme 

bien grasse et grosse; une coche。〃 

      advocate' So the 4to。The 8vo 〃aduocates。〃 

      That dare; &c。' Something dropt out from this line。 

      Re…enter Bajazeth; pursued by Tamburlaine' The old eds。 have; 

       〃Bajazeth flies; and he pursues him。 The battell short 'Qto。 is short'; 

and they enter; Bajazeth is ouercome。〃 

     This   not   very   intelligible  stage…direction     means    perhaps    that;  after 

Bajazeth and Tamburlaine had entered; a short combat was to take place 

between them。 

      foil' The old eds。 〃soil。〃 

      gat' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃got。〃 

      pilling' i。e。 plundering。 

      British' So the 4to。The 8vo 〃brightest。〃 

      martial' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃materiall。〃 

        Awake;   ye   men   of   Memphis!'   These   words   are   put   into   the 

mouth of Judas; in Fletcher's BONDUCA; at the commencement of act ii。; 

and in Fletcher's WIT WITHOUT MONEY; act v。 sc。 2。 we find 〃thou man 



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of Memphis。〃 

     basilisks' Pieces of ordnance so called。 They were of immense 

size; see Douce's ILLUST。 OF SHAKESPEARE; i。 425。 

     monstrous' To be read as a trisyllable。 

     Or ever…drizzling' So the 4to。The 8vo 〃Or drisling。〃 

     should' So the 4to。The 8vo 〃shal。〃 

     he devil' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃he THE deuill。〃 

     Arabian king' Scil。 Alcidamus: see p。 10; l。 9; sec。 col。 

        

     it' So the 4to。Omitted in the 8vo。 

     it should' So the 4to。The 8vo 〃should it。〃 

     this' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃it。〃 

     into' So the 4to。The 8vo 〃vnto。〃 

     heart' So the 4to。The 8vo 〃soul。〃 

     stoop' Qy。 〃stoop; STOOP〃? 

     your' Old eds。 〃their。〃Compare the tenth line of the speech。 

     to' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃on。〃 

     brent' i。e。 burnt。 So the 8vo。The 4to 〃burnt。〃 

     kings' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃king。〃 

     from' So the 4to。The 8vo 〃in。〃 

     then; for you' So the 4to。The 8vo 〃for you then。〃 

     stark nak'd' Compare (among many passages which might be 

cited from our early poets); 

       〃rather on Nilus' mud Lay me STARK NAK'D; and let the water…flies 

Blow   me   into   abhorring!〃   Shakespeare's ANTONY AND   CLEOPATRA; 

act v。 sc。 2。 (where the modern editors print 〃naked。〃) 

     dignities' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃dignitie。〃 

     whiles' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃while。〃 

     shalt' So the 4to。The 8vo 〃shal。〃 

     grace' Olds eds。 〃grac'd。〃 

         stature'  So   the  8vo。The    4to  〃statue:〃   but  again;   in  the 

SECOND PART of this play; act ii。 sc。 4; we have; according to the 8vo 

       〃And here will I set up her STATURE。〃 



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     and; among many passages that might be cited from our early authors; 

compare the following; 

       〃The   STATURES        huge;   of  Porphyrie   and   costlier   matters   made。〃 

Warner's ALBIONS ENGLAND; p。 303。 ed。 1596。 

       〃By   them    shal  Isis  STATURE       gently   stand。〃  Chapman's      BLIND 

BEGGER OF ALEXANDRIA; 1598; sig。 A 3。 

       〃Was not Anubis with his long nose of gold preferred before Neptune; 

whose STATURE was but brasse?〃 Lyly's MIDAS; sig。 A 2。 ed。 1592。 

     bird' i。e。 the ibis。 

     are' Old eds。 〃is。〃 

     country' Old eds。 〃countries。〃 

     King of Arabia' i。e。 Alcidamus; see p。 10; l。 9; sec。 col。 

        

     Calydonian' So the 8vo。The 4to 〃Calcedonian。〃 

     lusty' So the 8vo。Omitted in the 4to。 

     and' So the 4to。0mitted in the 8vo。 

     Renowmed' See note ||。 p。 11。 So the 8vo。 The 

4to 〃Renow
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