The Birth of Merlin Author:William Rowley Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: NOTE S. ACT I. i, 10. Her promise already ratified this condition. i, 24. protest, i.e. declare his love; cp. Wiv. III. 5. 75: after we had embraced, ki... more »ssed and protested, and Caes. I. 2. 74: to stale with ordinary oaths my love to every new protester. I, 40. dull stomachs, i. e. weak appetite. Tieck: ' Viel eurer Art sind nur von schwachem Hunger! i, 43. speaks yours, i. e. declares itself yours. Cp. Wint. I. 2. 178: we are yours in the garden, i. e. we are at your service. I, 44, 45. Cp. Tit. Andr. II. i. 82, 83: She is a woman, therefore may be woo'd She is a woman, therefore may be won. , 90 seqq, Tieck: 'Die Schwester ist im Vorteil noch', komml, lasst sie, Sie wird nichl minder schnell als ich verlieren, Ihm fehlt nur Kunst die Wiirfel zu regieren.' 1, 106. Your wishes must put some restraint on you, if you give faith and credence to my promise. The punctuation of A (then, as to my promise, you give faith and promise?), adopted by Edd., is void of all sense. 2, i. Though the form tiding does not occur in Shakespeare, we have not altered it, as it is not uncommon in Middle English; cp. Skeat, Etym. Diet, s. v. 2 38, 39- The only Power, i. e. God, who has discomfited the enemy, should not be limited; you should pursue your victory, and not treat with the enemy. 2, 42. If mischiefs are not quite uprooted and destroyed, they will soon reappear with new vigour; if the vanquished enemy is spared by the conqueror, he will soon grow mischievous again. Tieck: 'Beschrankt nicht, liebl ihr eure Sicherheit, Die hohe Macht, die euch allein beschirmte, Traut einem offenen Feinde nicht zu sehr, Noch ist er im Verlust, ihr halt gewonnen, Sonst endet Unheil nicht, ist nur begonnen.' 2, 45. Tieck: 'das Wort des Friedens Ist blufgen Augen scho...« less