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Notes for lines 2951-end ed. Hardin A. Aasand
| 3084 As had he beene incorp’st, and demy natur’d | 4.7.87 |
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1668 Skinner
Skinner
3084 demy] Skinner (1668, demy): “demy’ à Fr.G. Demy, utr. à Lat. Dimidium; Demy, etiam Collegii Magdalennensis Oxonii Alumnus dicitur, q.d. Semisocius, vel, quod eodem ferè reddit, q.d. cui Dimidium tantùm Salarii socio debiti tribuitur.” [demy from the Franco-Gallica Demy, beyond from Latin Dimidium; Demy, thus, alumnus of Magdalene College Oxford is said, that is, Semisocius, or, . . . ]”
1755 John
John
3084 demy] Johnson (1755, demy): “inseparable particle. [demi, Fr. dimidium, Latin.] Half; one of two equal parts. This word is only used in composition; as demigod, that is, half human, half divine.”
1760 John2
John2
3084 incorp’st] Johnson (2nd ed. 1760, incorpse): “v.a. [in and corpse] To incorporate. Shakespeare.”
1774-79? capn
capn
3084 incorp’st]Capell (1779-83 [1774]:1:1:Glossary): “incorporated.”
3084 demy natur’d] Capell (1779-83 [1774]1:1:18): “become or made half of it’s Nature.”
1793 v1793
v1793
3084-5 As . . . beast] Steevens (ed. 1793):“This is from Sidney’s Arcadia , B.II: ‘As if, Centaur-like, he had been one peece with the horse.”
1803 v1803
v1803=v1793
3084-5 As . . . beast]
1813 v1813
v1813=v1803
3084-5 As . . . beast]
1818 Todd
Todd = John + magenta underlined
3084 demy] Todd (1818, demy): “inseparable particle. [demi, Fr. dimidium, Latin.] Half; one of two equal parts. This word is only used in composition; as demigod, that is, half human, half divine. Dr. Johnson says. But Demy has been adopted, without the aid of composition. See DEMY
3084 demy] Todd (1818, demy): “1. A term related to the size of paper; as, demy, medium, royal, or large; of which the demy is the smallest. Cockerman, in his old vocabulary, defines demy what is little.
”2. The name of a scholar at Magdalene College, Oxford; whre there are thirty demies, or half-fellows, as it were; who, like scholars in other colleges, succeed to fellowships.”
1821 v1821
v1821=v1813
3084-5 As . . . beast]
1822 Nares
Nares : standard
3084 incorp’st] Nares (1822; 1906): “incorpsed]] Incorporated, forming one body; from in and corps. No other example having been found, it is at present supposed to be a license of the author: [cites Ham 4.7.? (3084)].”
1857 elze1
elze1 : Nares
3084 incorp’st] Elze (ed. 1857): "’Incorpsed’ kommt nach Nares s. v. nirgends weiter vor." ["’Incorpsed’ appears nowhere else, according to Nares, see word."
1864 c&mc
c&mc ≈ standard
3084 incorp’st]
1869 Romdahl
Romdahl
3084 incorp’st]
Romdahl (1869, p. 39): <p. 39>“incorporated; very probably a
§pax leg_menon. “</p. 39>
1872 cln1
cln1
3084 As had he] Clark & Wright (ed. 1872): “All the early copies have the words in this order. The sixth quarto first changed the order to ‘as he had,’ which is generally adopted in modern texts.”
cln1 : standard
3084 incorp’st] Clark & Wright (ed. 1872): “incorporate, of one body with.”
1877 neil
neil ≈ standard
3084 incorp’st] Neil (ed. 1877, Notes): “so joined as to form one body.”
1885 macd
macd ≈ standard
3084 As had he] MacDonald (ed. 1885): “There is no mistake in the order ‘had he beene’; the transposition is equivalent to if: ‘as if he had been imbodied with, and shared half the nature of the brave beast.’
“These two lines, from as to thought, must be taken parenthetically; or else there must be supposed a dash after Beast, and a fresh start made.
‘But he (as if Centaur-like he had been one piece with the horse) was no more moved than one with the going of his own legs:’
‘it seemed, as he borrowed the horse’s body, so he lent the horse his mind:’—Sir Philip Sidney. Arcadia, B. ii. p. 115.””
1885 mull
mull ≈ standard
3084 incorp’st]
1889 Barnett
Barnett
3084 incorp’st]
Barnett (1889, p. 57): <p. 57>“
made in one body.”</p.57>
1890 irv2
irv 2: standard
3084 incorp’st] Symons (in Irving & Marshall, ed. 1890): “incorporate.”
1905 rltr
rltr : standard
3084 incorp’st]
1906 nlsn
nlsn: standard
3084 incorp’st] Neilson (ed. 1906, Glossary)
1909 subb
subb ≈ Rolfe
3084 incorp’st]
1931 crg1
crg1 ≈ standard
3084 incorp’st and demy natur’d]
1934a cam3
cam3 : standard
3084 incorp’st] Wilson (ed. 1934, Glossary)
1939 kit2
kit2
3084 As] Kittredge (ed. 1939): “as if.”
Kit2 ≈ standard
3084 incorp’st]
3084 incorp’st] Kittredge (ed. 1939, Glossary):
kit2 ≈ v1821 (Sidney) w/o attribution
3084 demy natur’d]
1942 n&h
n&h ≈ standard
3084 incorp’st]
1947 cln2
cln2
3084 incorp’st] Rylands (ed. 1947): “i.e. like a Centaur, half-man, half-best (incorps’d: made into one body with).”
1951 crg2
crg2=crg1
3084 incorp’st]
1954 sis
sis ≈ standard
3084 incorp’st] Sisson (ed. 1954, Glossary):
1957 pel1
pel1 : standard
3084 incorp’st]
3084 demy natur’d]
1970 pel2
pel2=pel1
3084 incorp’st]
3084 demy natur’d]
1974 evns1
evns1 ≈ standard
3084 incorp’st]
3084 demy natur’d]
1980 pen2
pen2 ≈ kit2 w/o attribution
3084 As]
pen2 ≈ standard
3084 incorp’st]
3084 demy natur’d]
1982 ard2
ard2 ≈ standard (Sidney //)
3084 As had he]
3084 incorp’st]
3084 demy natur’d]
1984 chal
chal : standard
3084 incorp’st]
3084 demy natur’d]
1985 cam4
cam4 ≈ standard
3084 incorp’st]
3084 demy natur’d]
1987 oxf4
oxf4 : Abbott
3084 As had he] Hibbard (ed. 1987): “as if he had ((Abbott 107)).”
oxf4 : standard +
3084 incorp’st] Hibbard(ed.1987):“((a Shakespearian coinage)).”
3084 demy natur’d]Hibbard(ed.1987): “((another Shakespearian coinage)).”
1988 bev2
bev2 ≈ standard
3084 incorp’st]
3084 demy natur’d]
1992 fol2
fol2≈ standard
3084 As had he]
3084 incorp’st]
3084 demy natur’d]
1993 dent
dent ≈ standard
3084 incorp’st]
3084 demy natur’d]
1998 OED
OED
3084 demy] OED demi sb., a., prefix. II. as sb. A half. Chiefly ellipt. Obs. See also DEMY. 1501 Will of Stoyll (Somerset Ho.), A girdell callid a Demye weying ij vnce large by Troye. 1604 E. GRIMSTONE Hist. Siege Ostend 90 Two whole Canons and three demies. 1761 Bill of Fare in Pennant London (1813) 562, 1 Grand Pyramid of Demies of Shell fish of various Sorts
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