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391) Commentary Note for line 3077:
3077 But euen his Mother shall vncharge the practise,

    ... b>John</sigla><hanging>John</hanging><para>3077<tab> </tab><b>uncharge</b>] <sc>Johnson</sc> (1755, uncharge): &#x201C;<i>v.a.</i> &#x201C;To retract an accusat ...

    ... hanging>John2</hanging><para>3077<tab> </tab><b>uncharge the practice</b>] <sc>Johnson </sc>(2nd ed. 1760, practise): &#x201C;<i>v.n.</i> 4. To use bad arts or ...
392) Commentary Note for line 3078+10:
3078+10 {Of the vnworthiest siedge.}

    ... ohn2</sigla><hanging>John2 : standard</hanging><para>3078+10 <b>siedge</b>] <sc>Johnson </sc>(2nd ed. 1760, siege, 4): &#x201C;<i>Siege</i>, French] 4. Place; c ...

    ... igla><hanging><sc>john1 : john2</sc></hanging><para> 3078+10 <b>siedge</b>] <sc>Johnson</sc> (ed. 1765):&#x201C;Of the lowest rank. Siege, for seat, <i>place.</ ...
393) Commentary Note for line 3078+12:
3078+12 {King. A very ribaud in the cap of youth,} 3078+12

    ... >John</sigla><hanging>John</hanging><para>3078+12<tab> </tab><b>ribaud</b>] <sc>Johnson </sc>(1755, Riband): &#x201C;<i>n.s.</i> [<i>rubande, ruban, </i>Fr.] A ...

    ... Fr.<small>This word is sometimes written <i>ribon, </i>or <i>ribbon. </i>as Dr. Johnson observes; and in that form, I may add, approaches nearer to the Fr. <i>r ...
394) Commentary Note for line 3078+15:
3078+15 {Then setled age, his sables, and his weedes}

    ... >John</sigla><hanging>John</hanging><para>3078+15<tab> </tab><b>sables</b>] <sc>Johnson </sc>(1755, sable): <i>n.s.</i> [<i>zibella</i>, Latin]. Fur &#8216;<i>S ...
395) Commentary Note for line 3078+16:
3078+16 {Importing health and grauenes;} <Some> two months {since} <hence> 3078+16

    ... <sc>john1</sc></hanging><para>3078+16<b> Importing health and grauenes</b>] <sc>Johnson</sc> (ed. 1765) : &#x201C;<i>Importing</i> here may be, not <i>inferring ...

    ... alth </i>for <i>health </i>.&#x201D;</para><hanging>[Ed. again seems to combine JOHNSOn and STEEVENS/MALONE].</hanging></cn> <cn> <sigla>1832<tab> </tab><sc>cal ...
396) Commentary Note for line 3084:
3084 As had he beene incorp'st, and demy natur'd

    ... >1755<tab> </tab>John</sigla><hanging>John</hanging><para>3084 <b>demy</b>] <sc>Johnson</sc> (1755, demy): &#x201C;<i>inseparable particle</i>. [<i>demi</i>, Fr ...

    ... ohn2</sigla><hanging>John2</hanging><para>3084<tab> </tab><b>incorp'st</b>] <sc>Johnson </sc>(2nd ed. 1760, incorpse): &#x201C;<i>v.a.</i> [<i>in</i> and <i> co ...

    ... in composition; as <i>demigod</i>, that is, half human, half divine. <small>Dr. Johnson says. But <i>Demy</i> has been adopted, without the aid of composition. ...
397) Commentary Note for line 3086:
3086 That I in forgerie of shapes and tricks

    ... sc></hanging><para>3086<tab> </tab><b>in forgerie of shapes and tricks</b>] <sc>Johnson</sc> (ed. 1765) : &#x201C;I could not contrive so many proofs of dexteri ...
398) Commentary Note for line 3092:
3092 Laer. I know him well, he is the brooch indeed

    ... igla><hanging>John : standard</hanging><para>3092<tab> </tab><b>brooch</b>] <sc>Johnson </sc>(1755, brooch, 1): &#x201C; <i>n.s.</i> [<i>broke</i> Dutch.] 1. A ...

    ... b>John2</sigla><hanging>John2</hanging><para>3092<tab> </tab><b>brooch</b>] <sc>Johnson </sc>(2nd ed. 1760, ouch): &#x201C;<i>s</i>. An ornament of gold or jewe ...

    ... c>Todd </sc>(1818, brooch): &#x201C; <i>n.s.</i> [<i>broke</i> Dutch<small>.Dr. Johnson says. But it is the Fr. <i>broche, </i> a spit. See BROACH. The ornament ...

    ... jewel, but doubts of the derivation; Minshew a broche, &amp;c.Bacon, quoted by Johnson, seems to use it for a spangle. Holingshed has <i> ouches</i> or eare-r ...

    ... >brooch</b>] <i>OED </i> 2. Formerly also in a more general sense: according to Johnson `a jewel, an ornament of jewels'. In earlier times applied to a necklace ...
399) Commentary Note for line 3096:
3096 For art and exercise in your defence,

    ... nging><sc>john1</sc></hanging><para>3096<tab> </tab><b>in your defence</b>] <sc>Johnson</sc> (ed. 1765): &#x201C;That is, in the <i>science of</i> defence.JOHNS ...

    ... <sc>Johnson</sc> (ed. 1765): &#x201C;That is, in the <i>science of</i> defence.JOHNSON&#x201D;</para></cn> <cn> <sigla>1773<tab> </tab>v1773</sigla><hanging><s ...
400) Commentary Note for line 3110:
3110 But that I knowe, loue is begunne by time, 3110

    ... v1773</sigla><hanging>v1773</hanging><para>3110 <b>But </b>. . . <b>it</b>] <sc>Johnson</sc> (<i>apud</i> <sc>Steevens</sc>,<sc> </sc>ed. 1773): &#x201C;This i ...

    ... tions of time, suffers change and diminution.&#x201D; This note is not found in Johnson's 1765 ed. </para></cn> <cn> <sigla>1778<tab> </tab>v1778</sigla><hangin ...

    ... a></cn> <cn> <sigla>1785<tab> </tab>Mason</sigla><hanging>Mason : <i>contra</i> Johnson</hanging><para>3110 <b>But </b>. . . <b>it</b>]<sc> Mason</sc> (1785, p. ...

    ... tracted from it, that will agree with the tenor of the rest of this speech. <sc>Johnson</sc> gives the single word begun a very extensive signification indeed, ...

    ... ipt of ms. notes in </i>ed. 1785): &#x201C;I cannot think this the meaning [<sc>Johnson's</sc> note above]; I believe <sc>Johnson's</sc> thought false; surely i ...

    ... ;I cannot think this the meaning [<sc>Johnson's</sc> note above]; I believe <sc>Johnson's</sc> thought false; surely if there by any passion &#8216;'innate in u ...

    ... on Laertes figures, presents an expression justly pronounced obscure by Dr. <sc>Johnson</sc>.</para> <para>&#x201C;The King says to him: [cites 3119-3112+2] &lt ...

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