179. modestly. The folio has "modestie." Corrected in the second folio.

192. And. So Capell. The folio has "Mad.”

SCENE IV. 37. Not me. The folio reading. Malone, Collier, and Dyce read "Not one."

49. No, misconceived! Joan, etc. Steevens says: "That is, No, ye misconceivers, ye who mistake me and my qualities! etc." Collier prefers to punctuate thus: "No; misconceived Joan," etc. Capell substituted "No, misconceivers! Joan,” etc.

70. Well, go to; we'll have no bastards live. The folio reading. Capell [followed by Dyce] repeated the “well ;” and the same addition is proposed by Walker, who remarks that, with the usual modern reading (that of the second folio), "Well, go to; we will have no bastards live,” "the verse is out of joint."

101. matter. The folio reading. The second folio (followed by Dyce) has "matters."

121. poison'd voice. So the folio. Theobald and Dyce read "prison'd voice.”

133. as shadow. The folio reading. The fourth folio (followed by Dyce) has “a shadow.”

SCENE V. 39. Yes, my lord. The folio reading. Dyce reads "O, yes, my lord,” and says: "The editor of the second folio printed, for the metre's sake, ‘Yes my good lord,' which Collier says 'we can have no hesitation in accepting,' because Suffolk has used the words 'my good lord' a little before; but there he is speaking to the King, — here, to Gloucester."

46. warrant a liberal dower. The second folio omits "a." But "warrant" is usually a monosyllable in our

early poets; see Walker's Shakespeare's Versification, p. 65. where the following line is cited from 3 Henry VI. iii. 2. 21: " Ay, widow? then I'll warrant you all your

lands."

55. Marriage. The second folio reads " But marriage." 60. It. Omitted by the folio, but added by Rowe.

64. Whereas the contrary bringeth bliss. The editor of the second folio printed " bringeth forth bliss," not being aware that "contrary' is here a quadrisyllable; see Walker's Shakespeare's Versification, p. 55.

72. Will answer our hope in issue of a king. The folio reading. Pope omitted "Will." W. N. Lettsom (Steevens's conjecture) would omit “our.”

90. To cross. Walker (Crit. Exam. iii. 154) says: “Across,' I suspect."

GLOSSARY

TO

FIRST PART OF KING HENRY VI

ACCIDENTS, events (accident is | APPARENT, manifest, evident; here used in its radical sense, from the Latin accidere, to happen, to fall out; see Othello, i. 3. 135); v. 3. 4.

APPREHENSION, opinion or estimate of me (Theobald reads "reprehension "); ii. 4. 102.

ACCOMPLICES, fellows in arms; ARGUE, show, prove; ii. 5. 7.

ADMONISHMENTS, instructions; ARMS, coat-of-arms; i. 1. 80.

and turns against its pursuers;" iv. 2. 52. BEARD; "beard thee to thy face," set thee at defiance; i. 3. 44.

BEARING-CLOTH, the cloth or mantle in which the child was carried to the font (see Winter's Tale, iii. 3. 111); i. 3. 42.

BENEFIT; "of benefit; " Johnson explains, "A term of law," meaning here, "Be content to to live as the beneficiary of our king;" v. 4. 152.

BESIDE besides; Shakespeare
uses beside and besides indis-
criminately (see iii. 3. 60); iii.
1. 24.

BEST; "I were best" it were
better for me; v. 3. 83.
BESTOW, place, lodge; iii. 2. 88.
BEWRAY'D, betrayed; iv. 1. 107.
BISHOP; "the bishop and the

Duke of Gloucester's men;"
that is, "the bishop's men
and the," etc. (Hanmer and
Hudson read "Bishop's," but
see Merchant of Venice, iii. 4.
30, and Richard II. ii. 3. 62,
for examples of similar con-
struction); iii. 1. 78.

BLOOD; "in blood" in perfect

health and vigour; a technical term of the chase; iv. 2. 48. BLUE COATS; blue was the ordinary colour of the livery of serving-men (see Taming of the Shrew, iv. 1. 79); i. 3. 47. BOOT; "it is no boot; " that is, it is no use; iv. 6. 52. BOUGHT AND SOLD, betrayed; iv.

4. 13.

the Long Ms., "go;" Vaughan, "budge;" " iv. 5. 29.

66

BRAVED, defied; ii. 4. 115.
BREAK, broach (Pope reads
"tell"); i. 3. 80.

BREAK UP break open; Grey
conjectured "Break ope," but
see 2 Henry IV. i. 4. 19, "And
spirits walk, and ghosts break
up their graves; "i. 3. 13.
BRUITED, noised abroad; ii. 3.
68.

BUCKLE WITH, join in close fight
with; i. 2. 95.
BULL-BEEVES, oxen, beef; i. 2.9.

CANKER, canker-worm; ii. 4. 68.
CANVASS, toss, as in a canvass or
in a blanket; i. 3. 36.
CAP, Cardinal's hat; v. 1. 33.
CAPTIVATE, captive; ii. 3. 42.
CATES, delicacies, dainties (see
Taming of the Shrew, ii. 1. 188,
for a play upon cates); ii. 3. 79.
CENSURE, judgment, opinion;
ii. 3. 10.

CENSURE, judge; v. 5. 97.
CHALLENGE, claim; v. 4. 153.
CHARGE, expense, cost; v. 5. 92.
CHEER, countenance (cheer is

here used in the Old English sense, from chere, and the French chère face); i. 2. 48. CIRCUMSTANCE, circumstances,

details; i. 1. 109. CLUBS; "I'll call for clubs;" Nares explains, "In any public affray the cry was 'Clubs! clubs!' by way of calling for persons with clubs to part the combatants "(see Henry VIII. v. 4. 48); i. 3. 83.

BOUNDS, boundaries, limits; i. 2. COAT, coat-of-arms; i. 1. 81.

54. Bow; the Collier Ms. has "fly;"

COGNIZANCE, in the heraldic sense of badge; ii. 4. 108.

grass, which is thought to be
injurious to the eyes. Steevens
says: "Pucelle means to inti-
mate that the corn she carried
with her [see line 15] had pro-
duced the same effect on the
guards of Rouen [that is,
dimmed their eyes]; otherwise
they would have seen through
her disguise, and defeated her
stratagem." "Tares" in Mat-
thew, xiii. 25, should, perhaps,
properly be rendered
"dar-
nels;" iii. 2, 44.

DETERMINED, terminated, or
limited (the word is here used
in its radical sense); iv. 6. 9.

that is, what device or plan have you decided on; i. 2. 124. DIFFIDENCE, distrust, suspicion; iii. 3. 10.

CONVEYANCE, dishonesty, or dis- DEVISE; "what devise you on?" honest practices; i. 3. 2. COOLING CARD; Clarke explains, "A card so decisive as to cool the courage of an adversary; metaphorically, something to damp or overwhelm the hopes of an expectant;" v. 3. 84. CORNETS, horsemen, cavalry; iv. DISCOVER, reveal, tell; ii. 5. 59.

3. 25. CORROSIVE, fretting, giving pain (accented on the first syllable, as in 2 Henry VI. iii. 2. 403); iii. 3. 3.

COURT OF GUARD, the guard-
room, or the adjoining court;
ii. 1. 4.

CRAZY, decrepit, weak; iii. 2. 89.
CRESTLESS;" crestless yeomen;"

that is, those who have no right to wear a coat-of-arms; ii. 4. 85. CUNNING, Skill; iii. 3. 10.

DAMASCUS; alluding to the ancient belief that Damascus was near the place where Cain killed Abel; i. 3. 39.

DARNEL, a kind of weed, rye

DIGEST = vent; iv. 1. 167. DISABLE, disparage, undervalue; v. 3. 67.