Sir, even m of mortals tis serio-comi nnecessary to At Delones upon us. 'Tis so, my lord. Cer. How close 'tis caulk'd and bitum Did the sea cast it up? Serv. I never saw so huge a billow, si As toss'd it upon shore. Cer. Come, wrench Soft, soft!-it smells most sweetly in my 2 Gent. A delicate odour. Cer. As ever hit my nostril;5 so,-up O you most potent gods! what 's here? 1 Gent. Most strange! Cer. Shrouded in cloth of state; balm'd With bags of spices full! A passport to Apollo, perfect me i' the characters! [ 2 If the sea's stomach be o'ercharg'd with g delicate allusion has already occurred in the s ricles and the Fishermen, and may also be fo ard III: "Whom their o'ercloyed country vomit 3 It is a good constraint of fortune, that It belches upon us.] This singular express ed by our author to the sea, in The Tempest : "You are three men of sin, whom des " (That hath to instrument this lower "And what is in 't,) the never-surfeite "Hath caused to belch up!" Malone. 4 How close 'tis caulk'd and bitum'd!] Bott reading of all the copies, is evidently a col before: "Sir, we have a chest beneath the hatche tumed ready." Malone. 66 5 As ever hit my nostril;] So, in The Merry as ever offended nostril." Steevens. 6 -Apollo, perfect me i' the characters! made physick his peculiar study, would natu he gods requite his charity! v'st, Pericles, thou hast a heart cracks for woe!-This chanc'd to-night. Most likely, sir. Nay, certainly to-night; how fresh she looks! They were too rough, ew her in the sea. Make fire within; her all the boxes in my closet. ay usurp on nature many hours, the fire of life kindle again -pressed spirits. I have heard2 gyptian, had nine hours lien dead,3 Toke Apollo. On the present occasion, however, he him as the patron of learning. Malone. er this coffin drive a-land,)] This uncommon phrase is used in Twine's translation: "Then give thanks unto in my flight hath brought me a-land into your costes." - certaine pyrats which were come a-land.” Steevens. nundane-] i. e. worldly. inds her, give her burying, Malone. as the daughter of a king:] The author had, perhaps, writings in his thoughts: "Go see now this cursed d bury her, for she is a king's daughter." 2 Kings, ix, ne. Howing, in Twine's translation, are the first words of her recovery : "-touch me not otherwise than thou to doe, for I am a king's daughter and the wife of a teevens. Chou hast a heart even cracks for woe!] So, in Hamlet: Now cracks a noble heart." the reading of the second quarto. The first has ever. Malone. I have heard - For the insertion of the word-have, Malone. nine hours lien dead.] So, in the lxviiith Psalm: دو The 4V lar oc وت The orde also, wak 6 mor first tha in The vio rig lou Sor mi &c 4 Well said, well said; the fire and the cloth lar occasion, in Othello, Act V, sc. i: 66 66 O, a chair, a chair! 0, that's well said, the chair;"Some good man bear him carefully fro 5 The rough and woful musick that we have. Cause it to sound, 'beseech you.] Paulina The Winter's Tale, when she pretends to bring orders musick to be played, to awake her fr also, the Physician in King Lear, when the wake from the sleep he had fallen into, after "Please you draw near;-Louder the 6 The vial once more;-How thou stirr'st, the The musick there.] The first quarto reamore. The second and the subsequent edition first be right, Cerimon must be supposed to that they should again sound their rough ano in Twelfth Night : "That strain again!" The word viol has occurred before in this pl violin. I think, however, the reading of the right. Cerimon, in order to revive the Quee loud musick to be played, and then a secon some cordial to her, which we may suppose b ministered to her when his servants entered &c. See Confessio Amantis, p. 180 : - this worthie kinges wife "Honestie thei token oute, "And maden fyres all aboute; "Thei leied hir on a couche softe, "And with a shete warmed ofte "Hir colde breste began to heate, "Hir herte also to slacke and beate. "This maister, hath hir every joynte "With certein oyle and balsam anoyn "And put a licour in hir mouthe "Which is to few clerkes couthe." Little weight is to be laid on the spelling for vial was formerly spelt viol. In the qua Richard II, 1615 : T2 part their fringes of bright gold;9 Londs of a most praised water o make the world twice rich. O live, e us weep to hear your fate, fair creature, Iward's seven sons whereof thyself art one, Fere seven viols of his sacred blood." he folio, 1623, ibidem : ne viol full of Edward's sacred blood." ater" Malone. warmth es out of her;] The old copies read-a warmth breath 66 ases to those heavenly jewels -] The same expression to part their fringes of bright gold;] So, in The Tem ne fringed curtains of thine eye advance, id say what thou see'st yond?" Malone. ehold. jewels? gold; er 1. O live. fair creature, self art one, lood." d-a warmth Mr. Steevens. 1 unintelligibly: her. Malone upil Machaon, bted for herrex Ladies bosome, it abroad with his and that there w is master Cerin st to be deade same express m'd almost, wil ir eyes." Mai -] So, in Sidney's gher fairer eyes es, but containing So, in The Tee nce, lone. For her relapse is mortal. Come, come, SCENE III. Tharsus. A Room in Cleon's Enter PERICLES, CLEON, DIONYZA, L Per. Most honour'd Cleon, I must ne Cle. Your shafts of fortune, though mortally,3 Yet glance full wand'ringly on us. 1 What world is this?] So, in the Conf "And first hir eyen up she caste, 2 Hush, gentle neighbours ; to the next chamber bear her.] translation: "And when he had so saide, h reverently in his armes, and bare it unto his ow So, in King Henry IV, Part II: "I pray you, take me up, and bear me "Into another chamber: softly, pray; "Let there be no noise made, my gente "Unless some dull and favourable han "Will whisper musick to my wearied - though they hurt you mortally,] Fir The folios and the modern editions read-hat 3 Your shafts of fortune, though they hurt you |