Upton having in his first
edition proposed plausibly enough,
_That_ paged _me at heels_,--
in the second edition retracts his alteration, and maintains _pannell'd_
to be the right reading, being a metaphor taken, he says, from a
_pannel_ of wainscot.
IV.xii.25 (227,3) this grave charm] I know not by what authority, nor
for what reason, _this_ grave _charm_, which the first, the only
original copy exhibits, has been through all the modern editors changed
to _this_ gay _charm_. By _this_ grave _charm_, is meant, _this sublime,
this majestic beauty_.
IV.xii.29 (227,4) to the very heart of loss] To the utmost loss
possible.
IV.xii.45 (228,7) Let me lodge, Lichas] Sir T. Hanmer reads thus,
--thy _rage_
Led thee _lodge Lichas_--and--
_Subdue_ thy _worthiest self_.--
This reading, harsh as it is, Dr. Warburton has received, after having
rejected many better. The meaning is, Let me do something in my rage,
becoming the successor of Hercules,
IV.xiv.19 (230,2) Pack'd cards with Caesar, and false play'd my
glory/Unto an enemy's triumph] [Warburton had explained and praised
Shakespeare's "metaphor"] This explanation is very just, the thought did
not deserve so good an annotation.
IV.xiv.39 (231,3) The battery from my heart] I would read,
This _battery from my heart_.--
IV.xiv.49 (232,4) Seal then, and all is done] I believe the reading is,
--seel _then, and all is done_--
To _seel hawks_, is to close their eyes.
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