11. pretty, a pretty conceit: sure, certainly.

13. shut... on, shut against, to prevent the entrance: atomies, see note on iii. 2. 204.

16. And if, see Abb. § 103.

19. to say, by saying; the indefinite infinitive.

23, 4. The cicatrice ... keeps, the mark and sensible, evident, impression is retained for a while by the palm of your hand; cicatrice is properly the mark left by a wound that has healed, a scar; for capable, Grant White compares A. W. i. 3. 208, "this captious and intenible sieve"; for adjectives in -ble used both actively and passively, see Abb. §§ 3, 445: some moment, see Abb. § 21.

26. Nor no, for the emphatic double negative, see Abb. § 40 b.

28. as that... near, and that time may be nearer than you think; for as, here and in 1. 38, below, see note on ii. 4. 25.

29. You meet ... fancy, you find the power of love exercised upon you by some beauteous face.

35. Who... mother, what peerless dame do you boast as your mother that you, etc. by right of what hereditary beauty do you think yourself entitled to, etc.

36. and... once, and "all in a breath" (Steevens).

37. some, Hanmer's emendation of 'no' which makes nonsense of 1. 40.

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38, 9. As, bed-, in regard to which, by the by, I can see none so extraordinary in you as would save you from going to bed in the dark if you trusted to its brilliancy to light your steps. Moberly explains without... bed, as without exciting any desire for light to see it by," which seems very tame. For As, the 'conjunction of reminder,' as Ingleby calls it, see note on ii. 4. 25.

40. Must you be, do you feel yourself bound to be.

42, 3. than in... sale-work, than the ordinary specimens which nature keeps in stock; as opposed to those specially made: 'Od's life, a petty oath; cp. "'od's bodykins, ," "od's pitikins," etc.: in which "'od's" is a corruption of 'by God's.'

44. to tangle... too, to catch my eyes also in the snare of her beauty; to bewitch me also by her charms.

47. bugle eyeballs, eyes as black as bugles; 'bugles' are elongated beads of black or coloured glass worn as an ornament, now as formerly, on ladies' dresses, shoes, bonnets, etc.; cp. W. T. iv. 4. 224, "Bugle bracelet, necklace amber."

48. entame... worship, enslave me so as to fall down and adore

you.

50. foggy south, so Cymb. iv. 2. 349, "the spongy south"; R. J. i. 4. 103, "the dew-dropping south," though there of the quarter, not of the wind, as here.

51. properer man, handsomer as a man; properer, see note on i. 2. 102, above.

52, 3. 'tis such fools... children, it is fools like you, who seeing in plain women beauties of which they are utterly devoid, marry them and become the fathers of ugly children; for makes, the singular, see Abb. § 247.

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55. out of you, proper, and seen in the glass of your flattery she appears to herself more beautiful; the idea in out of is that of an image standing out in a mirror, etc.

56. lineaments, features.

58. fasting, with a penitent heart, such as shows itself by contrition, penance.

59, 60. For I must... markets, for let me as a friend whisper in your ear that you will do well to dispose of your goods (here her looks) as soon as you get an offer; you are not likely to find a sale for them everywhere.

61. Cry ... mercy, ask the man to forgive your disdain.

62. Foul... scoffer, homeliness looks most homely when it is seen in a disdainful person; in a beautiful woman disdain might be forgiven, in one so plain as you are there can be no forgiveness for it. Abbott, § 356, explains, "foulness is most foul when its foulness consists in being scornful," which seems to me to miss the point of Rosalind's rebukes, that of taking the conceit out of Phebe.

64. a year together, a whole year without pausing.

68. sauce, "from meaning to give zest or piquancy to language, the word came to be used ironically in the sense of making it hot and sharp; or, in other words, from meaning to spice, it came to mean to pepper " (Rolfe).

72. made in wine, made under the influence of drink.

73. will know, desire to know.

74. olives, as much (and no more) out of place in Arden as the lioness, serpent, etc., to which critics have objected.

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75. ply her hard, woo her with all your might; ply, "M.E. plien, to bend to mould, as wax Since moulding wax, etc., requires constant and continued application of the fingers, we hence get the metaphors of toiling at; hence to ply a task, to ply an oar (Skeat, Ety. Dict.).

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76. look... better, look on him with a more favourable eye.

77, 8. though all... he, though all the world should see you, none would be so faulty in sight as to believe you to be as beau

tiful as he mistakenly thinks; abused, in Shakespeare.

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79. to our flock, i.e. let us return to, etc.

deceived, is frequent

80. Dead shepherd, apostrophizing Marlowe from whose Hero and Leander, First Sestiad, 1. 176, the next line is taken; shepherd, used for poet in the language of pastoral poetry: saw, saying; see note on ii. 7. 155.

81. Who ever loved, i.e. no one ever loved.

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85. Wherever be, those who feel pity are sure to try to relieve.

88. extermined, put an end to; Shakespeare does not use 'exterminate.'

89. neighbourly, friendly behaviour. Halliwell thinks there may be an allusion to the injunction to "love thy neighbour as thyself."

90. I would have you, what I want is not your love, but you: Why... covetousness, that would be to be guilty of covetousness, in desiring what you have no right to.

92. And yet... love, and even now the time has not come that I can say I love you.

93. since that, for the conjunctional affix, see Abb. § 287. Phebe, though not promising her love, is glad to have Silvius as a companion in order that she, being so deeply in love with Rosalind, may solace herself by talking of the passion.

94. erst, formerly; the superlative of ere.

96. further recompense, sc. in the shape of reciprocal love.

99. in such ... grace, so utterly a beggar in respect of all favour from you.

101, 2. To glean ... reaps, to receive any small marks of kindness which you can spare while giving the wealth of your love to another loose, let fall from the sheaf.

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103. scatter'd, like an ear of corn dropped when the sheaf was being bound up. Cp. Jonson, To Celia, "Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine."

104. erewhile, but a short time ago.

107. carlot, found here only; a derivative of carl, a peasant, churl; in ii. 4. 73, he is said to be "of a churlish disposition."

109. peevish, wayward, capricious.

110. But what... words? but mere words are worthless. 113. becomes, suits, sets him off.

114. make, sc. when he grows up.

115. complexion, here in the more limited sense of the colouring of the face; frequently in Shakespeare of the external appearance generally.

117. for his years, considering his age.

118. but so so, only fairly well shaped, nothing particular.

121. Than that... cheek, than that redness which coloured his cheeks; mix'd, indicating the blended "white and damask" (Cor. ii. 1. 232) of a bright complexion.

122. constant red, uniform red: mingled damask, generally supposed to refer to the Damask Rose, though no such rose is known to be variegated. Gerarde, the Herbalist, quoted by Ellacombe, speaks of it as "in other respects like the White Rose; the especiale difference consisteth in the colour and smell of the floures, for these are of a pale red colour and of a more pleasant smell." In Sonn. cxxx. 5, we have "I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks," and from this it appears possible that a variegated species was then known; though damask'd may mean variegated like Damask silk, "in which," says Steevens, "by a various direction of the Roses, many lighter shades of the colour are exhibited," and it is to this fabric that he supposes the allusion to be.

124. In parcels, bit by bit, noting every particular.

128. For what... me? for what business, right, had he to taunt me as he did?

130. now I am remember'd, now that I come to think of it; for I am remember'd, I recollect, cp. M. M. ii. 1. 110, "you being then, if you be remember'd, cracking the stones"; T. S. iv. 3. 96, "but if you be remember'd, I did not bid you mar it to the time."

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132. But that's quittance, but that does not matter, for because I omitted to do so then, it does not at all follow that I mean to let him get off scot free.

135. straight, at once.

136. matter, purport.

137. passing short, terribly curt; passing, i.e. surpassingly, exceedingly; very frequent in Shakespeare.

ACT IV. SCENE I.

6, 7. betray themselves... drunkards, lay themselves more completely open to every common-place criticism than even drunkards do.

10, 1. which is emulation, which shows itself in gloomy rivalry: fantastical, "referring to love-sick music " (Furness).

13. which is politic, which is put on for expediency. 14. nice, fastidious.

15. simples, medicinal herbs used as single ingredients.

16-8. and indeed ... sadness, and in fact consists of the varied contemplation of my travels, which, by being constantly dwelt upon, wraps me in gloom and sadness. The first folio gives 'in which by often' etc., from which Malone deleted 'in'; the later folios, followed by many editors, in which my often,' etc., the construction then being 'my often rumination in which.'

22. rich... hands, eyes rich in the treasure of what they have seen, and empty hands.

26. and to.. too! and to think that you should have had to travel too in order to acquire so uncomfortable a possession ! 28. God be wi' you, i.e. I will say farewell to you and take myself off.

29. look you lisp, be sure you affect a lisp, take care to lisp.

30. disable ... country, find fault with everything that is good in your own country (as travellers do in order to show their superiority in having seen other countries).

30, 1. be out... nativity, profess to regret that you were not born in some other country.

32. that countenance you are, of such an appearance as yours is. 33. swam in a gondola, been as far as Venice, i.e. travelled at all, Venice being a favourite resort of travellers on account of its gaiety of life; gondola, the pleasure-boat which in Venice serves in place of a carriage, the canals answering to the streets of other cities.

STAGE DIRECTION. Exit Jaques. I have followed Dyce in placing Jaques' exit here, instead of after 1. 26, as it seems impossible that Rosalind's speech should be made after he has left the scene. Rosalind, though hearing Orlando's words "Good day," etc., must be supposed to show her vexation at his delay by taking no notice of him till she turns to him after Jaques has

gone.

34, 5. You a lover! do you call yourself a lover? you are a pretty kind of lover to keep your mistress waiting in this way!

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39. Break love! what, you think nothing of breaking a promise in love by being an hour behind your time!

42. hath clapped... shoulder, it is doubtful whether this means a clap by way of encouragement, as in M. A. i. 1. 261, T. C. iii. 3. 138, or by way of arrest, as in Cymb. v. 3. 78.

43. I'll warrant him heart-whole, I will pledge myself that his wound is but a slight one.