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the jew of malta-第15部分

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flattered。



 bottle…nosed' See note ? p。 157。



 Jaques' Old ed。 〃Iaynes。〃



 sire' Old ed。 〃sinne〃 (which; modernised to 〃sin〃; the

editors retain; among many other equally obvious errors of the

old copy)。



 As' Old ed。 〃And。〃



 Enter BARABAS' The scene is still within the house of

Barabas; but some time is supposed to have elapsed since the

preceding conference between Abigail and Friar Jacomo。



 pretendeth' Equivalent to PORTENDETH; as in our author's

FIRST BOOK OF LUCAN; 〃And which (ay me) ever PRETENDETH ill;〃 &c。



 self' Old ed。 〃life〃 (the compositor's eye having caught

〃life〃 in the preceding line)。



 'less' Old ed。 〃least。〃



 Well said' See note *; p。 69。



    



 the proverb says; &c。' A proverb as old as Chaucer's time:

see the SQUIERES TALE; v。 10916; ed。 Tyrwhitt。



 batten' i。e。 fatten。



 pot' Old ed。 〃plot。〃



 thou shalt have broth by the eye' 〃Perhaps he meansthou

shalt SEE how the broth that is designed for thee is made; that

no mischievous ingredients enter its composition。  The passage

is; however; obscure。〃 STEEVENS (apud Dodsley's O。 P。)。〃BY THE

EYE〃 seems to be equivalent toin abundance。  Compare THE CREED

of Piers Ploughman:

    〃Grey grete…heded quenes

     With gold BY THE EIGHEN。〃

v。 167; ed。 Wright (who has no note on the expression):  and

Beaumont and Fletcher's KNIGHT OF THE BURNING PESTLE; act ii。

sc。 2; 〃here's money and gold BY TH' EYE; my boy。〃  In Fletcher's

BEGGARS' BUSH; act iii。 sc。 1; we find; 〃Come; English beer;

hostess; English beer BY THE BELLY!〃



 In few' i。e。 in a few words; in short。



 hebon' i。e。 ebony; which was formerly supposed to be a

deadly poison。



 Enter FERNEZE; &c。' The scene is the interior of the

Council…house。



 basso' Old ed。 〃Bashaws〃 (the printer having added an S

by mistake); and in the preceding stage…direction; and in the

fifth speech of this scene; 〃Bashaw〃:  but in an earlier scene

(see p。 148; first col。) we have 〃bassoes〃 (and see our author's

TAMBURLAINE; PASSIM)。



    

     

 the resistless banks' i。e。 the banks not able to resist。



 basilisks' See note ? p。 25。



    



 Enter FRIAR JACOMO; &c。' Scene; the interior of the

Nunnery。



 convers'd with me' She alludes to her conversation with

Jacomo; p。 162; sec。 col。



    



 envied' i。e。 hated。



 practice' i。e。 artful contrivance; stratagem。



 crucified a child' A crime with which the Jews were often

charged。  〃Tovey; in his ANGLIA JUDAICA; has given the several

instances which are upon record of these charges against the

Jews; which he observes they were never accused of; but at such

times as the king was manifestly in great want of money。〃  REED

(apud Dodsley's O。 P。)。



 Enter BARABAS; &c。' Scene a street。



 to' Which the Editor of 1826 deliberately altered to

〃like;〃 meanscompared to; in comparison of。



 Cazzo' Old ed。 〃catho。〃See Florio's WORLDE OF WORDES

(Ital。 and Engl。 Dict。) ed。 1598; in v。〃A petty oath; a cant

exclamation; generally expressive; among the Italian populace;

who have it constantly in their mouth; of defiance or contempt。〃

Gifford's note on Jonson's WORKS; ii。 48。



 nose' See note ? p。 157。



 inmate' Old ed。 〃inmates。〃



 the burden of my sins

Lie heavy; &c。' One of the modern editors altered 〃LIE〃 to

〃Lies〃:  but examples of similar phraseology;of a nominative

singular followed by a plural verb when a plural genitive

intervenes;are common in our early writers; see notes on

Beaumont and Fletcher's WORKS; vol。 v。 7; 94; vol。 ix。 185;

ed。 Dyce。



 sollars' 〃i。e。 lofts; garrets。〃 STEEVENS (apud Dodsley's

O。 P。)。



 untold' i。e。 uncounted。Old ed。 〃vnsold。〃



 BARABAS。 This is mere frailty:  brethren; be content。

Friar Barnardine; go you with Ithamore:

You know my mind; let me alone with him。



FRIAR JACOMO。 Why does he go to thy house? let him be gone'



Old ed。 thus;

〃BAR。 This is meere frailty; brethren; be content。

Fryar Barnardine goe you with Ithimore。

ITH。 You know my mind; let me alone with him;

Why does he goe to thy house; let him begone。〃



 the Turk' 〃Meaning Ithamore。〃 COLLIER (apud Dodsley's

O。 P。)。  Compare the last line but one of Barabas's next speech。



 covent' i。e。 convent。



 Therefore 'tis not requisite he should live' Lest the

reader should suspect that the author wrote;

    〃Therefore 'tis requisite he should not live;〃

I may observe that we have had before (p。 152; first col。)

a similar form of expression;

    〃It is not necessary I be seen。〃



 fair' See note ? p。 15。



    



 tall' Which our early dramatists generally use in the

sense ofbold; brave (see note ? p。 161); is

here perhaps equivalent tohandsome。 (〃Tall or SEMELY。〃 PROMPT。

PARV。 ed。 1499。)



 neck…verse' i。e。 the verse (generally the beginning of the

51st Psalm; MISERERE MEI; &c。) read by a criminal to entitle him

to benefit of clergy。



 of' i。e。 on。



 exercise' i。e。 sermon; preaching。



 with a muschatoes' i。e。 with a pair of mustachios。  The

modern editors print 〃with MUSTACHIOS;〃 and 〃with a MUSTACHIOS〃:

but compare;



    〃My Tuskes more stiffe than are a Cats MUSCHATOES。〃

          S。 Rowley's NOBLE SPANISH SOLDIER; 1634; Sig。 C。



    〃His crow…black MUCHATOES。〃

          THE BLACK BOOK;Middleton's WORKS; v。 516; ed。 Dyce。



 Turk of tenpence' An expression not unfrequently used by

our early writers。  So Taylor in some verses on Coriat;

    〃That if he had A TURKE OF TENPENCE bin;〃 &c。

          WORKES; p。 82; ed。 1630。

And see note on Middleton's WORKS; iii。 489; ed。 Dyce。



 you know' Qy。 〃you know; SIR;〃?



 I'll make him; &c。' Old ed。 thus:

    〃I'le make him send me half he has; & glad he scapes so too。

     PEN AND INKE:

     I'll write vnto him; we'le haue mony strait。〃

There can be no doubt that the words 〃Pen and inke〃 were a

direction to the property…man to have those articles on the

stage。



 cunning' i。e。 skilfully prepared。Old ed。 〃running。〃

(The MAIDS are supposed to hear their mistress' orders WITHIN。)



 Shalt live with me; and be my love' A line; slightly

varied; of Marlowe's well…known song。  In the preceding line;

the absurdity of 〃by Dis ABOVE〃 is; of course; intentional。



 beard' Old ed。 〃sterd。〃



 give me a ream of paper:  we'll have a kingdom of gold

for't' A quibble。  REALM was frequently written ream;  and

frequently (as the following passages shew); even when the

former spelling was given; the L was not sounded;



    〃Vpon the siluer bosome of the STREAME

     First gan faire Themis shake her amber locks;

     Whom all the Nimphs that waight on Neptunes REALME

     Attended from the hollowe of the rocks。〃

          Lodge's SCILLAES METAMORPHOSIS; &c。 1589; Sig。 A 2。



    〃How he may surest stablish his new conquerd REALME;

     How of his glorie fardest to deriue the STREAME。〃

          A HERINGS TAYLE; &c。 1598; Sig。 D 3。



    〃Learchus slew his brother for the crowne;

     So did Cambyses fearing much the DREAME;

     Antiochus; of infamous renowne;

     His brother slew; to rule alone the REALME。〃

          MIROUR FOR MAGISTRATES; p。 78; ed。 1610。



 runs division' 〃A musical term 'of very common

occurrence'。〃  STEEVENS (apud Dodsley's O。 P。)。



 Enter BARABAS' The scene certainly seems t
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