I'll then discourse our woes, felt several years, This Tarsus, o'er which I have the government, 20 For riches strew'd herself even in the streets; Whose towers bore heads so high they kiss'd the clouds, And strangers ne'er beheld but wonder'd at; O! 'tis too true. 25 30 But see what heaven can do! By this our change, 35 As houses are defil'd for want of use, 40 They are now starv'd for want of exercise; 39. two summers] too (or to) sauers (or savers) Qq, Ff 3, 4. The Tempest, III. iii. 74: "Incensed the seas and shores, yea, all the creatures," i.e. the winds, thunder, etc. Bacon's Essays, Of Truth: "The first creature of God in the works of the days was the light of the sense 38. for... exercise] for want of anything on which to exercise themselves. 39. not yet... younger] This reading, now generally accepted, is Mason's, who explains: "Those palates, who, less than two years ago, required some new inventions of cookery to delight their tastes would now be glad of plain bread". The conjecture is confirmed beyond all doubt by a passage in Wilkins's novel, quoted by the Cambridge Editors: "The ground of which fierce lamentation was, to see the power of change, that this City, who not two summers younger did so excell in pompe," etc. The old copies give yet. 40. Must have] demanded to have; an obsolete use of "must" as a past. 50 42. nousle] a corruption of "nurstle"; nurse, cherish. Rolfe quotes The Faerie Queene, 1. vi. 23 66 "Whom, till to ryper years he gan aspyre, He nousled up in life and manners wilde "; and again, v. i. 6, vI. iv. 35. The "Makes my coy minx to nuzzle Of her lull'd husband"; the idea being that of pressing close to the breasts of the female with a view to nutriment. 43. curious] exquisite, sought with care. Our cheeks and hollow eyes do witness it. O! let those cities that of plenty's cup And her prosperities so largely taste, With their superfluous riots, hear these tears: Enter a Lord. Where's the lord governor ? Here. 55 Speak out thy sorrows which thou bring'st in haste, We have descried, upon our neighbouring shore, 60 I thought as much. One sorrow never comes but brings an heir That may succeed as his inheritor ; And so in ours. Some neighbouring nation, 65 Hath stuff'd these hollow vessels with their power, Whereas no glory's got to overcome. 70 59. Here. expect.] Verse first by Malone; prose in Qq, Ff 3, 4. 【ath] Rowe (ed. 2); That Qq, Ff 3, 4. v. 162 (Arden ed.). superfluous riots] riotous indul- see note on Troilus and Cressida, IV. hear these tears] hear these al lamentations. Collier conres "heed' for "hear". which... haste] with which haste shows you to be charged. portly] imposing. Compare Merchant of Venice, 1. i. 9, and 61. make] making, directing their course. 63. One sorrow... heir] Steevens "When sorrows come, they come 70. Whereas] when, in whose case. 1 斷 Lord. That's the least fear; for, by the semblance Of their white flags display'd, they bring us peace, Who makes the fairest show means most deceit. 75 The ground's the lowest and we are half way there. To know for what he comes, and whence he comes, 80 Lord. I go, my lord. Cle. Welcome is peace if he on peace consist; Enter PERICLES, with Attendants. Per. Lord governor, for so we hear you are, [Exit. 85 foes.] Arranged as by Malone; in Qq, Ff 3, 4, the first fear] we need not 71-73. That's line ends at feare, the rest is prose. hymmes, hywwes, hymns Qq, Ff. by Malone; one line in Qq, Ff 3, 4. by Malone; prose in Qq, Ff 3, 4. 71. That's fear that in the least. 71. semblance] a trisyllable. 74. like him's repeat] The reading in the text is Malone's. Steevens explains, "Deluded by the pacifick experience of this navy, you talk like one who has never learned the common adage, that the fairest outsides are most to be suspected"; Nor come we to add sorrow to your tears, Are stor'd with corn to make your needy bread, And give them life whom hunger starv'd half dead. The gods of Greece protect you! 3838 90 95 And we'll pray for you. Arise, I pray you, rise: We do not look for reverence, but for love, And harbourage for ourself, our ships, and men. 100 The which when any shall not gratify, Or pay you with unthankfulness in thought, Be it our wives, our children, or ourselves, ... Coo. Arise, men.] Arranged as by Rowe; two lines, the first ending nce, Qq 1, 2, 3; prose in the rest. er sorrow] i.e. fresh sorrow. conjectures "hearts" for and the word is more in keepith the next line. was stuff'd] The relative omitFor stuff'd, compare Heywood, ron Age, ii., "this steed's huge 3 stuff'd with Greekish guile With bloody . . . overthrow] ine can hardly be sound. For Steevens conjectured "views," Malone adopted; Collier, es"; Bailey, "foes". To me ater difficulty is in "expecting row". Even if veins could the armed men within the horse, we read "banes" or "foes,' ing overthrow could mean ng else but " 'expecting their >verthrow". Rolfe endeavours : over the difficulty by referring those words to you in line 92, which seems impossible. I suggest" bloody arms importing overthrow". In Wilkins's novel, "and those his shippes which their feares might cause them to think were fraughted with their destruction, were intreasured with corne for their reliefe ". The same confusion of " arms and "veins" appears to occur in Shirley's Love Tricks, iv. v., where the muchwounded soldier implores compassion on a forlorn gentleman, that have lost the use of my veins ". Compare Euripides, Troades, II, “èyкvμóν' lππov TeVXÉWV". 95. your needy bread] the bread of which you have such sore need. 102. in thought] in SO much as thought. Malone conjectured "aught". |