Leon. No foot shall stir. Paul. Proceed; Musick; awake her: strike.— [Musick. "Tis time; descend; be stone no more: approach, You kill her double: Nay, present your hand: Leon. O, she's warm! [Embracing her. If this be magick, let it be an art Lawful as eating. Pol. She embraces him. Cam. She hangs about his neck; If she pertain to life, let her speak too. Pol. Ay, and make't manifest where she has liv'd, Or, how stol'n from the dead? Paul. That she is living, Were it but told you, should be hooted at Her. [Presenting PER. who kneels to HER. And from your sacred vials pour your graces Thy father's court? for thou shalt hear, that I,— Knowing by Paulina, that the oracle Gave hope, thou wast in being, have preserv'd Myself to see the issue. Paul. There's time enough for that; Will wing me to some wither'd bough: and there Leon. O peace, Paulina; And made between's by vows. Thou hast found mine; And take her by the hand: whose 10 worth, and honesty, 11 Is11 richly noted; and here justified By us, a pair of kings.-Let's from this place. 7 You who by this discovery have gained what you desired. 8 i. e. participate. 9 Thus in Lodge's Rosalynde, 1592: A turtle sat upon a leavelesse tree, 10 Whose relates to Camillo, though Paulina is the immediate antecedent. I have observed, in the loose construction of ancient phraseology, whose often used in this manner, where his would be more proper. It is erroneously printed for is here in the late Variorum Shakspeare. What!-Look upon 12 my brother :-both your par dons, That e'er I put between your holy looks And son unto the king (whom 13 heavens directing), 12 Look upon for look on. Thus in King Henry VI. Part III. Act ii. Sc. 3: And look upon, as if the tragedy,' &c. 13 Whom is here used where him would be now employed. THIS play, as Dr. Warburton justly observes, is, with all its absurdities, very entertaining. The character of Autolycus is naturally conceived, and strongly represented. JOHNSON. *This is not only a frigid note of approbation, but is unjustly attributed to Warburton, whose opinion is conveyed in more enthusiastic terms. He must in justice be allowed to speak for himself. This play throughout is written in the very spirit of its author. And in telling this homely and simple, though agreeable, country tale, "Our sweetest Shakspeare, Fancy's child, This was necessary to observe in mere justice to the play; as the meanness of the fable, and the extravagant conduct of it, had misled some of great name (i. e. Dryden and Pope) into a wrong judgment of its merit; which, as far as regards sentiment and character, is scarce inferior to any in the collection.' ADDITIONAL NOTE. I will just take occasion to observe here, that at page 39, line 10, of this play, Paulina says of Hermione, contrasting her with Leontes, that she is a gracious innocent soul; More free, than he is jealous.' Where the epithet free evidently means chaste, pure. I regret that this instance did not occur to me when I wrote the note on Twelfth Night, Vol. I. p. 332-3. Luciana. God, for thy mercy! they are loose again. Adriana. And come with naked swords; let's call more help, |