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261) Commentary Note for line 1608:
1608 Like Iohn-a-dreames, vnpregnant of my cause,

    ... for having no due sense of.&#x201D;</para></cn> <cn><sigla><sc>1765<tab> </tab>john1</sc></sigla><hanging><sc>john1 = warb +</sc></hanging> <para>1608 <b>vnpre ...

    ... 201D;</para></cn> <cn><sigla><sc>1765<tab> </tab>john1</sc></sigla><hanging><sc>john1 = warb +</sc></hanging> <para>1608 <b>vnpregnant</b>] <sc>Johnson</sc> (e ...

    ... cn> </cn> <cn><sigla><sc>1773<tab> </tab>v1773</sc></sigla><hanging><sc>v1773 = john1</sc></hanging></cn> <cn><sigla>1778<tab> </tab>v1778</sigla><hanging>v1778 ...

    ... b>] <sc>Steevens</sc> (ed. 1778): &#x201C;Perhaps this name is corrupted. <i>John-a-droynes</i> seems to have been some well known character, as I have met w ...

    ... Harvey's Hunt is up</i>, by Nashe, 1596: &#8216;The description of that poor <i>John-a-droynes</i> his man, whom he had hired &amp;c.' <i>John-a-droynes</i> is ...

    ... tion of that poor <i>John-a-droynes</i> his man, whom he had hired &amp;c.' <i>John-a-droynes</i> is likewise a foolish character in Whetstone's <i>Pramos and ...

    ... a>1608 <b>Iohn-a-dreames</b>] <sc>Steevens</sc> (ed. 1785): &#x201C;<small><i>John-a-dreams</i>, i.e. <i>of dreams</i>, means only <i>John</i> the <i>dreamer< ...

    ... 85): &#x201C;<small><i>John-a-dreams</i>, i.e. <i>of dreams</i>, means only <i>John</i> the <i>dreamer</i>; as nick-name, I suppose, for any ignorant silly fel ...

    ... ed <i>Jack-a-lent</i>, and the ignis fatuus <i>Jack-a-lanthorn</i>.</small> <i>John-a-droynes</i> however, if not a corruption of this nick-name seems to have ...

    ... Harvey's Hunt is up</i>, by Nashe, 1596: &#8216;The description of that poor <i>John a droynes</i> his man, whom he had hired, &amp;c.' <i>John a Droynes</i> i ...

    ... ion of that poor <i>John a droynes</i> his man, whom he had hired, &amp;c.' <i>John a Droynes</i> is likewise a foolish character in Whetstone's <i>Promos and ...

    ... cond book of Homer's <i>Iliad</i>, 1581, we are told of Jupiter that &#8216;<i>John dreaming</i> God he callde to him, that God, chiefe God of it, common cole ...

    ... g> <para>1608 <b>Iohn-a-dreames</b>] <sc>Caldecott</sc> (ed. 1819): &#x201C;A John a-dreams is any one, heavy, lethargic, stupid. The word is formed, as Jack ...

    ... heavy, lethargic, stupid. The word is formed, as Jack a Lent, Jack a Lanthorn, John a Nokes, John a Drones, or a Droynes; and is found, as Steevens says, in Wh ...

    ... ic, stupid. The word is formed, as Jack a Lent, Jack a Lanthorn, John a Nokes, John a Drones, or a Droynes; and is found, as Steevens says, in Whetstone's Prom ...

    ... -a-dreames</b>] <sc>Singer</sc> (ed. 1826): <i>&#x201C;John a dreams, </i>or <i>John a droynes, </i>was a common term for any <i>dreaming </i> or <i>droning </i ...

    ... <i>dreaming </i> or <i>droning </i>simpleton. There is a story told of one <i>John a droynes, </i>a Suffolk simpleton, who played the Devil in a stage play, i ...

    ... nging> <para>1608 <b>Iohn-a-dreames</b>] <sc>Knight</sc> (ed. 1839): &#x201C;<i>John--a--dreams, </i>a soubriquet for a heavy, lethargic fellow.&#x201D;</para>< ...

    ... llow:' rather for a sleepy, apathetic fellow. The only mention yet met with of John a-dreams, is in Armin's &#8216;Nest of Ninnies,' 1608, recently reprinted b ...

    ... speare Society, where at p. 49 the following passage occurs: &#8216;His name is John, indeed, says the cinnick; but neither John a-nods, nor John a-dreames, yet ...

    ... passage occurs: &#8216;His name is John, indeed, says the cinnick; but neither John a-nods, nor John a-dreames, yet either, as you take it.' John a-droynes, m ...

    ... &#8216;His name is John, indeed, says the cinnick; but neither John a-nods, nor John a-dreames, yet either, as you take it.' John a-droynes, mentioned by Whets ...

    ... ick; but neither John a-nods, nor John a-dreames, yet either, as you take it.' John a-droynes, mentioned by Whetstone and Nash, and referred to by Steevens, wa ...

    ... g> <para>1608 <b>Iohn-a-dreames</b>] <sc>Hudson</sc> (ed. 1856): &#x201C;This John was probably distinguished as a sleepy, apathetic fellow, a sort of dreamin ...

    ... m that has reached us, is in Armin's Nest of Ninnies, 1608: &#8216;His name is John, indeed, says the cinnick, but neither John a-nods nor <i>John a-dreams</i> ...

    ... Ninnies, 1608: &#8216;His name is John, indeed, says the cinnick, but neither John a-nods nor <i>John a-dreams</i>, yet either, as you take it,' H.&#x201D;</ ...

    ... 8216;His name is John, indeed, says the cinnick, but neither John a-nods nor <i>John a-dreams</i>, yet either, as you take it,' H.&#x201D;</para></cn> <cn><sig ...

    ... Iohn-a-dreames</b>] <sc>Singer</sc> (ed. 1856): &#x201C;A corresponding term <i>John a nods</i> is used by Harsnet in his Declaration of Popish Impostures, p. 1 ...

    ... 72): &#x201C;John the Dreamer, a name formed like Jack-a-hent, Jack-a-Lanthorn, John-a-droynes, which Steevens guesses to be a corruption of John-a-Dreams. "I ...

    ... , Jack-a-Lanthorn, John-a-droynes, which Steevens guesses to be a corruption of John-a-Dreams. "It occurs in Armin's Nest of Ninnies (Shakespeare Society), p. ...

    ... It occurs in Armin's Nest of Ninnies (Shakespeare Society), p. 49: 'His name is John, indeede, saies the cinnick; but neither John a nods, nor John a dreames.' ...

    ... are Society), p. 49: 'His name is John, indeede, saies the cinnick; but neither John a nods, nor John a dreames.' "</para> <para>1608 <b>vnpregnant of my cause< ...

    ... 49: 'His name is John, indeede, saies the cinnick; but neither John a nods, nor John a dreames.' "</para> <para>1608 <b>vnpregnant of my cause</b>] <sc>Clark</s ...

    ... hn-a-dreames</b>]<sc> Neil</sc> (ed. 1877): &#x201C;Like Jack-a-lantern &#8212; John o' the Dreams, a dreamy impracticable fellow.&#x201D;</para></cn> <cn><sigl ...
262) Commentary Note for lines 1610-11:
1610 Vpon whose property and most deare life,
1611 A damn'd defeate was made: am I a coward,

    ... Defeat</i>, for destruction.&#x201D;</para></cn> <cn><sigla><sc>1765<tab> </tab>john1</sc></sigla><hanging><sc>john1 = warb</sc></hanging> <para> 1611 <b>defeat ...

    ... 201D;</para></cn> <cn><sigla><sc>1765<tab> </tab>john1</sc></sigla><hanging><sc>john1 = warb</sc></hanging> <para> 1611 <b>defeate</b>] <sc>Johnson</sc> (ed. 1 ...

    ... x201D;</para></cn> <cn><sigla>1773<tab> </tab>v1773</sigla><hanging><sc>v1773 = john1 +</sc></hanging> <para>1611 <b>defeate</b>] <sc>Steevens</sc> (ed. 1773): ...
263) Commentary Note for line 1621:
1621 Remorslesse, trecherous, lecherous, kindlesse villaine.

    ... lecherous, kindlesse villaine.</para> </ehline> <cn><sigla><sc>1765<tab> </tab>john1</sc></sigla><hanging><sc>john1</sc></hanging> <para>1621 <b>kindlesse</b>] ...

    ... /para> </ehline> <cn><sigla><sc>1765<tab> </tab>john1</sc></sigla><hanging><sc>john1</sc></hanging> <para>1621 <b>kindlesse</b>] <sc>Johnson</sc> (ed. 1765): ...

    ... cn> </cn> <cn><sigla><sc>1773<tab> </tab>v1773</sc></sigla><hanging><sc>v1773 = john1</sc></hanging></cn> <cn><sigla><sc>1773<tab> </tab>gent</sc></sigla><hangi ...
264) Commentary Note for lines 1628-9:
1628-9 About my {braines; hum,}<Braine.> | I haue heard,

    ... use of virtue.&#x201D;</hanging></cn> <cn> </cn> <cn><sigla><sc>1765<tab> </tab>john1</sc></sigla><hanging>JOHN1</hanging> <para>1628 <b>About my braines</b>] < ...

    ... ging></cn> <cn> </cn> <cn><sigla><sc>1765<tab> </tab>john1</sc></sigla><hanging>JOHN1</hanging> <para>1628 <b>About my braines</b>] <i> </i><sc>Johnson</sc> (ed ...

    ... n> <cn> </cn> <cn><sigla><sc>1773<tab> </tab>v1773</sc></sigla><hanging>v1773 = JOHN1</hanging></cn> <cn><sigla>1778<tab> </tab>v1778</sigla><hanging>v1778=v177 ...
265) Commentary Note for line 1630:
1630 Haue by the very cunning of the scene,

    ... ning of the scene,<tab> </tab></para> </ehline> <cn><sigla><sc>1765<tab> </tab>john1</sc></sigla><hanging><sc>john1</sc></hanging> <para><sc>Johnson</sc> (ed. ...

    ... /para> </ehline> <cn><sigla><sc>1765<tab> </tab>john1</sc></sigla><hanging><sc>john1</sc></hanging> <para><sc>Johnson</sc> (ed. 1765): &#x201C;<i>Cunning </i>h ...

    ... may be observed in the translation of the <i>Bible</i>. &#x201D; </para> <para>JOHN1 <i>Shr. </i>3.18n&#8224; (see also TLN 2521 and 1485). The interesting po ...
266) Commentary Note for line 1637:
1637 Ile tent him to the quicke, if a {doe} <but> blench

    ... s on roman subjects, passim.&#x201D;</para></cn> <cn><sigla><sc>1765<tab> </tab>john1</sc></sigla><hanging><tab> </tab>1637 <b>tent</b>] <sc>Johnson</sc> (ed. 1 ...
267) Commentary Note for line 1644:
1644 More relatiue then this, the play's the thing

    ... elative</i>, for convictive.&#x201D;</para></cn> <cn><sigla><sc>1765<tab> </tab>john1</sc></sigla><hanging><sc>john1 = warb +</sc></hanging> <para> 1644 <b>More ...

    ... 201D;</para></cn> <cn><sigla><sc>1765<tab> </tab>john1</sc></sigla><hanging><sc>john1 = warb +</sc></hanging> <para> 1644 <b>More relatiue</b>] <sc>Johnson</sc ...

    ... #x201D;</hanging></cn> <cn><sigla>1773<tab> </tab>v1773</sigla><hanging>v1773 = JOHN1</hanging></cn> <cn><sigla>1784<tab> </tab><tab> </tab><sc>ays</sc></sigla> ...
268) Commentary Note for line 1665:
1665 We ore-raught on the way, of these we told him,

    ... t leave it for the more usual word."</para></cn> <cn><sigla><sc>1765<tab> </tab>john1</sc></sigla><hanging><sc>john1</sc></hanging> <para>1665 <b>ore-raught</b> ...

    ... ord."</para></cn> <cn><sigla><sc>1765<tab> </tab>john1</sc></sigla><hanging><sc>john1</sc></hanging> <para>1665 <b>ore-raught</b>] <sc>Johnson</sc> (ed. 1765): ...

    ... <cn><sigla><sc>1773<tab> </tab></sc>v<sc>1773</sc></sigla><hanging>v<sc>1773 = john1</sc></hanging></cn> <cn><sigla><sc>1778<tab> </tab></sc>v<sc>1778</sc></si ...
269) Commentary Note for line 1679:
1679 For we haue closely sent for Hamlet hether,

    ... <sc>Clark</sc> &amp; <sc>Wright</sc> (ed. 1872): &#x201C;secretly. So <i>King John</i>, iv. 1. 133: 'Silence; no more: go closely in with me.' "</para></cn> < ...
270) Commentary Note for line 1681:
1681 Affront Ophelia; her father and my selfe,<(lawful espials)>

    ... in that Sense.&#x201D;</hanging></cn> <cn> </cn> <cn><sigla><sc>1765<tab> </tab>john1</sc></sigla><hanging><sc>john1</sc></hanging> <para>1681 <b>Affront</b>] ...

    ... ></cn> <cn> </cn> <cn><sigla><sc>1765<tab> </tab>john1</sc></sigla><hanging><sc>john1</sc></hanging> <para>1681 <b>Affront</b>] <sc>Johnson</sc> (ed. 1765): &# ...

    ... ara></cn> <cn><sigla><sc>1773<tab> </tab>v1773</sc></sigla><hanging><sc>v1773 = john1 +</sc></hanging> <para>1681 <b>Affront</b>] <sc>Steevens</sc> (ed. 1773): ...

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