Hub. If I in act, consent, or sin of thought, Bast. Be guilty of the stealing that sweet breath Go, bear him in thine arms. And snarleth in the gentle eyes of peace: 136, 137. Be guilty of the stealing, etc.] Compare III. iv. 19 and iv. ii. 246 supra. 137. embounded in] enclosed within. 140. amazed] stupefied, struck dumb with astonishment. Compare ii. 137 supra. IV. 146. scamble] scramble for, get by rough means. Compare Henry V. 1. i. 4: "the scambling and unquiet times." Cotgrave has "Griffe graffe: by hook or by crook, squimble squamble, scamblingly, catch that catch may." 135 140 145 150 Rowe emended to Now happy he whose cloak and cincture can 158. in] at Rowe. 155. cincture] So Pope; center Ff. 155 [Exeunt. ACT V SCENE I.-King John's palace. Enter KING JOHN, PANDULPH, and Attendants. K. John. Thus have I yielded up into your hand The circle of my glory. Pand. [Giving the crown. Take again From this my hand, as holding of the pope Your sovereign greatness and authority. K. John. Now keep your holy word: go meet the French, 5 To stop their marches 'fore we are inflamed. 2. Take again] Lettsom conjectured "Take 't again," which Dyce printed in his second edition. An object is thus supplied to "take.' Heath conjectures that "From this " should read "This from," which very ingeniously achieves the same end. By inserting a comma after 19 66 pope, sovereign greatness and authority" may be made object to "take": the meaning is thus preserved and the grammatical construction_saved. It is so printed in the 1821 Boswell- Malone. The Folios 66 have no comma. 8. counties] Are we to interpret ΙΟ this as "nobles" (county count, as in Romeo and Juliet), with Steevens and Delius, or as "shires," with Schmidt and Wright? I think the fact that there is no mention of the rebellion of the nobles (which at that time was the real danger, as Shakespeare knew), if this is supposed not to refer to them, decides the matter. John would never have omitted them from his list of troubles. This reason overweighs the negative evidence that "counties is used by Shakespeare in other places only for Italian nobles. 10. love of soul] the sincerest love, To stranger blood, to foreign royalty. This inundation of mistempered humour Rests by you only to be qualified : Then pause not; for the present time's so sick, Or overthrow incurable ensues. Pand. It was my breath that blew this tempest up, My tongue shall hush again this storm of war, Upon your oath of service to the pope, 15 20 Go I to make the French lay down their arms. [Exit. K. John. Is this Ascension-day? Did not the prophet 25 Say that before Ascension-day at noon My crown I should give off? Even so I have: I did suppose it should be on constraint; But, heaven be thank'd, it is but voluntary. Enter the Bastard. Bast. All Kent hath yielded; nothing there holds out 30 16. incurable] incurably F 4. Mr. Moore-Smith quotes Measure for Measure, 1. i. 18: "we have with special soul elected him," and Schmidt's dictum that the soul is represented as "the seat of real, not only professed, sentiments." 13. qualified] stemmed. Cotgrave has "Seder: to still, quiet, asswage, qualifie, mitigate." So Two Gentlemen of Verona, II. vii. 22: "But qualify the fire's extreme rage." 19. convertite] An old form of "convert." Compare Lucrece, 743: "He thence departs a heavy convertite." To offer service to your enemy, And wild amazement hurries up and down 35 K. John. Would not my lords return to me again, Bast. They found him dead and cast into the streets, By some damn'd hand was robb'd and ta'en away. But wherefore do you droop? why look you sad? 40 45 Be stirring as the time; be fire with fire; Threaten the threatener, and outface the brow 50 55 |