<253> As] So the 8vo.--The 4to "And."
<254> tents] So the 8vo.--The 4to "tent."
<255> submission] Old eds."submissions."
<256> of ruth and] So the 8vo.--The 4to "AND ruth OF."
<257> conceit] i.e.fancy, imagination.
<258> Hath] So the 4to.--The 8vo "Haue."
<259> nourish'd] So the 8vo.--The 4to "nourish."
<260> wish'd] So the 8vo.--The 4to "wish."
<261> imperious] So the 8vo.--The 4to "imprecious."
<262> passion] i.e.sorrow.
<263> resolved] i.e.dissolved.
<264> Eyes, when that Ebena steps to heaven, &c.] Either the transcriber or the printer has made sad work with this passage; nor am I able to suggest any probable emendation.
<265> fight] So the 8vo.--The 4to "fights."
<266> Persia's] Old eds."Perseans," and "Persians."
<267> still] i.e.distil.
<268> I thus conceiving, and subduing both, That which hath stoop'd the chiefest of the gods, Even from the fiery-spangled veil of heaven, To feel the lovely warmth of shepherds' flames, And mask in cottages of strowed reeds, &c.]
i.e.I thus feeling, and also subduing, the power of Beauty, which has drawn down the chiefest of the gods even from, &c.
The 8vo has, "I thus conceiuing and subduing both.
That which hath STOPT the TEMPEST of the Gods, Euen from the fiery spangled vaile of heauen, To feele the louely warmth of shepheards flames, And MARTCH in cottages of strowed WEEDS," &c.
The 4to has, "I thus concieuing and subduing both, That which hath STOPT the TEMPEST of the Gods, Euen from the SPANGLED FIRIE vaile of heauen, To feele the louely warmth of Shepheardes flames, And MARCH in COATCHES of strowed WEEDES," &c.
The alterations which I have made in this corrupted passage are supported by the following lines of the play;
"See now, ye slaves, my children STOOP YOUR PRIDE [i.e.make your pride to stoop], And lead your bodies sheep-like to the sword."
Part Second,--act iv.sc.1.
"The chiefest god, FIRST MOVER OF THAT SPHERE", &c.
Part First,--act iv.sc.2.
"Jove SOMETIME masked IN A SHEPHERD'S WEED", &c.
Part First,--act i.sc.2.
Perhaps in the third line of the present passage "fiery-spangled"
should be "FIRE-YSPANGLED."
<269> Attend.] Old eds."An." (a misprint probably), which the modern editors understand as "Anippe" (the waiting-maid of Zenocrate).
<270> March on us with] So the 4to.--The 8vo "MARTCHT on WITH
vs with."
<271> As if there were no way but one with us] i.e.as if we were to lose our lives.This phrase, which is common in our early writers, was not obsolete in Dryden's time: "for, if he heard the malicious trumpeter proclaiming his name before his betters, he knew THERE WAS BUT ONE WAY WITH HIM." Preface to ALL FOR LOVE.
<272> pore] So the 8vo.--The 4to "dore."
<273> in] i.e.on.
<274> stay] Old eds."aie" and "aye."
<275> retorqued] i.e.bent back in reflections on our former happiness.So the 8vo.--The 4to "retortued."
<276> A] Old eds."As."
<277> Elysium] Old eds."Elisian."
<278> thoughts] So the 8vo.--The 4to "thought."
<279> parbreak] i.e.vomit.
<280> abjection] Old eds."obiection."
<281> villainess] i.e.servant, slave, <282> ruth] So the 8vo.--The 4to "truth."
<283> resolve] i.e.dissolve.
<284> bann'd] i.e.cursed.
<285> the] So the 4to.--The 8vo "thy."
<286> ever-living] So the 8vo.--The 4to."euerlasting."
<287> give] So the 4to.--The 8vo "AND giue."
<288> her] Must mean Zenocrate, whom Zabina fancies herself to be addressing.
<289> Let the soldiers be buried.--Hell, death, Tamburlaine]
