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Notes for lines 2023-2950 ed. Frank N. Clary

For explanation of sigla, such as jen, see the editions bib.

2559 Pinch wanton on your cheeke, call you his Mouse,	3.4.183

1747-53 mtby4

mtby4

2559 wanton] Thirlby (1747-53): “fsq “wanton np.””

1778 v1778

v1778: Warner, Menæchmi anals.

2559 Mouse] Steevens (ed. 1778): “Mouse was once a term of endearment. So, in Warner’s Albion’s England, 1602, b. 2. chap. 10: ‘God bless thee mouse, the bridegroom said, &c.’ Again, in the Menæchimi, 1595: ‘Shall I tell thee, sweet mouse? I never look upon thee, but I am quite out of love with my wife.’ Steevens.”

1784 ays1

ays1 = v1778 minus Warner, Menæchmi analolgues

1785 v1785

v1785 = v1778

1790 mal

mal = v1785 +

2559 Mouse] Malone (ed. 1790): “This term of endearment is very ancient, being found in A new and merry Enterlude, called the Trial of Treasure, 1567: ‘My mouse, my nobs, my cony sweete; My hope and joye, my whole delight.’ Malone.”

1791- rann

rann = v1785

1793 v1793

v1793 = v1785 +

2559 Mouse] Steevens (ed. 1793): “Again, in Churchyard’s Spider and Gowt, 1575: ‘She wan the love of all the house, And pranckt it like a pretty mouse.’ Steevens.”

1803 v1803

v1803 = v1793 +

2559 Mouse] Steevens (ed. 1793): “Again, in Burton’s Anatomy of Melancholy, edit. 1632, p. 527: ‘—pleasant names may be invented, bird, mouse, lamb, pus, pigeon,’ &c. Steevens.”

1813 v1803

v1813 = v1803

1819 cald1

cald1 ≈ mal minus Trial of Treasure analogue; v1803 (for Burton analogue)

2559 Mouse] Steevens (apud ed. 1819): “Mouse was once a term of endearment. So Burton’s Anatomy of Melancholy, 1632, p. 527: ‘—pleasant names may be invented, burd, mouse, lamb, pus, pigeon,’ &c. Steevens.”

cald1: mal (for Trial of Treasure anal.)

2559 Mouse] Malone (apud ed. 1819): “It is found in A New and Merry Interlude, called the Trial of Treasure, 1567: ‘My mouse, my nobs, my cony sweete; My hope and joye, my whole delight.’ Malone.”

cald1:TN //

2559 Mouse] Caldecott (ed. 1819): ‘My mouse of virtue.’ TN [1.5.62-3 (354-5)]. Clown to Olivia.”

1821 v1821

v1821 = v1813

1826 sing1

sing1 ≈ cald1 (def. as introd. in v1778 and Burton anal. as introd. in v1803) without attribution

2559 Mouse] Singer (ed. 1826): “Mouse, a term of endearment formerly. Thus, Burton, in his Anatomy of Melancholy:—’Pleasant names may be invented, bird, mouse, lamb, puss, pigeon,’ &c.”

1832 cald2

cald2 = cald1 +

2559 Mouse] Malone (apud ed. 1832): “And it continually occurs in Edw. Alleyn, the player’s correspondence with his wife, 1593, Shaksp. 8vo. 1821. Malone.”

1854 del2

del2: standard

2559 Mouse] Delius (ed. 1854): “mouse als Liebkosungsausdruck kommt bei Sh.’s Zeitgenossen oft vor.” [mouse as a term of endearment appears frequently with Shakespeare’s contemporaries.]

1856 hud1 (1851-6)

hud1 = sing1 without attribution ( and slightly altered phrasing)

2559 Mouse] Hudson (ed. 1856): “Mouse was a term of endearment. Thus, Burton, in his Anatomy of Melancholy:—’Pleasant names may be invented, bird, mouse, lamb, puss, pigeon,’ &c.”

1865 hal

hal ≈ cald2 without attribution

2559 Mouse] Halliwell (ed. 1865): “A common term of endearment. Alleyn, the actor, used to address his wife—‘my good sweete mouse.’”

1869 tsch

tsch: Martial analogue

2559 Mouse] Tschischwitz (ed. 1869): “wie mus bei den Römern Liebkosungswort. S. Martial II. 29. 3.” [like mus with the Romans, is a term of affection. See Martial II. 29.3.]

1869 Romdahl

Romdahl ≈ v1778 (def,, Warner analogue) + magenta underlined

2559 Mouse] Romdahl (1869, p. 36): “was in Sh’s time used as a form of endearment. Compare LLL [5.2.19 (1905)]. ‘God bless thee, mouse, the bridegroom said, and smakt her on the lips.’ Warner. Albion’s Engl.”

1872 hud2

hud2 = hud1

1872 cln1

cln1: standard def.; cald1 (TN); Romdahl (LLL //) + magenta underlined

2559 Mouse] Clark and Wright (ed. 1872): “a term of endearment. Compare TN [1.5.62-3 (354-5)]: ‘Good my mouse of virtue, answer me;’ and LLL [5.2.19 (1905)]: ‘What’s your dark meaning, mouse, of this light word?’ See also Beaumont and Fletcher, The Knight of the Burning Pestle, i. 1: ‘I pr’ythee, mouse, be patinet.’ ‘Muss,’ corrupted from ‘mouse,’ occurs several times in Johnson’s Every Man in his Humour, 2.1.”

1877 v1877

v1877 ≈ v1803 minus Churchyard analogue, ≈ cln1 minus B&F analogue

2559 Mouse] Furness (ed. 1877): “Steevens: a term of endearment. In Warner’s Albion’s England, 1602, v. ii. ch. xvi: ‘God bless thee, mouse, the bridegroom said.’ Again, in the Menæchmi, 1595: ‘Shall I tell thee, sweet mouse?’ Burton’s Anatomy of Melancholy, ed. 1632, p. 527: ‘—pleasant names may be invented, bird, mouse, lamb, pus, pigeon, &c.’ Clarendon: See TN [1.5.62-3 (354-5)]; and lll [5.2.19 (1905)]. Muss. corrupted from ‘mouse,’ occurs several times in Jonson’s Every man in his Humour, II, i.”

1878 rlf1

rlf1: cln1 (LLL, TN //s ); ≈ v1803 (Warner, Burton analogues)

2559 Mouse] Rolfe (ed. 1878): “For its use as a term of endearment, cf. LLL [5.2.19 (1905)] and TN [1.5.62-3 (354-5)],. Steevens quotes Warner, Albion’s England: "God bless thee, mouse, the bridegroom said;" and Burton, Anal. of Melancholy: ‘Pleasant names may be invented, bird, mouse, lamb, pus, pigeon, etc.’”

1881 hud3

hud3 = hud2 minus author’s name in analogue and without attribution to sing1

1888 mulls

mulls: xref.

2559 Mouse] Mull (1888, p. 12): “See [3.3.37 (2105)].”

1890 irv2

irv2: standard

2559 Mouse] Symons (in Irving & Marshall, ed. 1890): “a term of endearment.”

1891 dtn

dtn

2559 Pinch . . . cheeke] Deighton (ed. 1891): “make the wanton with his caresses.”

dtn ≈ cln1 (incl. TN //) minus LLL //

2559 Mouse] Deighton (ed. 1891): “a term of endearment common in Shakespeare’s day; cp. TN [1.5.62-3 (354-5)], ‘good my mouse of virtue.’”

1899 ard1

ard1 ≈ hud1, cln1 (LLL // );

2559 Mouse] Dowden (ed. 1899): “a pet name, as in LLL [5.2.19 (1905)]; Burton, Anatomy of Melancholy: ‘pleasant names may be invented, bird, mouse, lamb, pus, pigeon, &c.’”

1903 p&c

p&c ≈ ard1 (Burton analogue)

2559 Mouse] Porter & clarke (ed. 1903): “Burton includes this in his words of lovers: ‘Pleasant names may be invented, bird, mouse, lamb, pus, pigeon’ (‘Anatomy of Melancholy,’ 1620).”

1903 rlf3

rlf3 = rlf1 minus Warner (v1803)

1939 kit2

kit2 ≈ ard1 with LLL // minus Burton analogue

2559 Mouse] Kittredge (ed. 1939): “A common pet name. Cf. LLL [5.2.19 (1905)].”

1980 pen2

pen2

2559 wanton] Spencer (ed. 1980): “wantonly.”

pen2 = irv2 for Mouse

1982 ard2

ard2

2559 Pinch wanton] Jenkins (ed. 1982): “i.e. leave marks of his fondling which proclaim you a wanton.”

ard2: Edw. Alleyn; TN, Rom. //s

2559 Mouse] Jenkins (ed. 1982): “A term of endearment to a woman. Cf. Edw. Alleyn to his wife, ‘My good sweet mouse’, etc. (Memoirs, Shakespeare Soc., pp. 25-6); TN [1.5.62-3 (354-5)]; and Capulet’s having ‘been a mouse-hunt’ in his time (Rom. [4.4.11 (2554)]).”

1984 chal

chal

2559 Pinch . . . cheeke] Wilkes (ed. 1984): “Pinch your cheek as though you were a harlot.”

chal = irv2 for mouse

1988 bev2

bev2 ≈ ard2

2559 Pinch wanton] Bevington (ed. 1988): “i.e., leave his love pinches on your cheeks, branding you as wanton.”

2006 ard3q2

ard3q2

2559 Pinch wanton] Thompson & Taylor (ed. 2006): “give you sensual pinches or caresses (or pinch in a wanton way?).”

ard3q2: LLL, RJ //

2559 call. . . mouse] Thompson & Taylor (ed. 2006): “presumably an example of the honeying of 91 [2470]; mouse occurs as an endearment in other texts of the period, usually between husband and wife, though Shakespeare’s Rosaline uses it to address another woman, Katherine, at LLL 5.2.19. See also Lady Capulet’s use of ’mouse-hunt’ meaning ’woman-chaser’ at RJ 4.4.11.”