LXXVIII.-Noticeable modes of spelling LXXIX. Omission of repeated words v.-Speeches assigned in the folio to wrong characters 177 LXXXVI.—Malone on omissions in old copies XCVI.-Thy, their, &c., confounded with the XCVII.-Words corrupted in the beginning XCVIII.-Words corrupted in the latter part SHAKESPEARE. XLIV. Entreats for entreaties. King John, v. 2, "The dauphin is too wilful-opposite, And will not temporize with my entreaties." The double ending in this play grates on my ear. Read, surely, entreates; the mistake was easy. And so, perhaps, King Richard III. iii. 7, although the monosyllabic ending is less uniform in that play, cr I am not made of stone, But penetrable to your kind entreaties." The word is frequent; e.g., Spanish Tragedy, iii. ad fin., rhyme,― "I will go 'plain me to my lord the king, And either purchase justice by intreats, Or tire them all with my revenging threats." Westward for Smelts (a collection of tales), 1603 and 1620, ap. Var. S. vol. xiii. p.231, 1. 34,-" by me he hath sent his commends to you, with a kind intreat that you would not be discontented for his long absence." Titus Andronicus, i. 1,— "Yield at entreats, and then let me alone." Ib., "And at my lovely Tamora's entreats I do remit these young men's heinous faults." VOL. II. 1 Giapthorne, Lady's Privilege, iv. 2, Old English Drama, 1825, p. 64, your mistress Does so much scorn your constancy, that no This honourable employment." Beaumont and Fletcher, Faithful Friends, i. 1, Moxon, vol. ii. p. 528, col. 1, penult., the king's entreats, Persuades of friends, business of state, my honours," &c. Fair Maid of the Inn, iv. 1, p. 371, col. 1, Persuasion, flattery, gifts, entreats, or tortures, Play of Soliman and Perseda, 1599, For whom I thwarted Soliman's entreats." Fairfax, B. vii. St. xxi.,— "At my entreat they will vouchsafe to send," &c. Ford, Love's Sacrifice, i. 1, Moxon, p. 75, col. 2, cr a word from you Will win her more than my entreats or frowns." iv. 1, p. 91, col. 2, no entreat Shall warrant thee a minute of thy life." Witch of Edmonton, iii. 1, p. 196, col. 2,— "'Tis fit it should be bought with something more Than fair entreats; look! here's a jewel for thee," &c. Shirley, Politician, iv. 3, Gifford and Dyce, vol. v. p. 146, let my entreat prevail For their dismission." |