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The Shakespeare-Expositor

by Thomas Keightley

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Act II Sc. 3

“Threw many a northern look, to see his father
Bring up his powers, but he did long in vain.”

I suspect that the poet wrote look, not ‘long.’


Sc. 4

“Feel, masters, how I shake.”

From Doll’s reply, and the fact of Falstaff’s being the only man present, I incline to think that we should read mistress for ‘masters.’ See on Tam. of Shr. i. 2.


“Se fortuna me tormenta, ben sperato me contenta.”

By simply adding ben we get rid of all difficulty without altering the text, as is usually done.


“And, sweetheart, lie thou there.”

So Cavalier Shift in Jonson’s Every Man out, etc. iii. 1, says to his rapier “No, my dear, I will not be divorced from thee.”

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