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Notes for lines 2951-end ed. Hardin A. Aasand

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

3241 Clowne. I, tell me that and vnyoke.	5.1.52

1580 Barrett

Barrett

3241 vnyoke] Barrett (1580, unyoke): “or uncouple, Abiugo, gas, pe. cor. apocwrizw Descoupler. “

3241 vnyoke] Barrett (1580, yoke): “to couple, or tie together. zeugnßw Accoupler lie & attcher, apparier, & Jugatio, Coniugatio, nis. fæ. g. Plin. A yoking, or coupling together. Liaason.“

1746 Upton

Upton

3241 vnyoke] Upton (1746, p. 300) : <P, 300> “i.e. put an end to your labors: alluding to what the Greeks called by one word, bylytos [Bulutos], the time for unyoking. Hom. II GREEK 779. Hmo d helios meteneisseto Balytonde.

“Schol. ipi thn isperan deilhs kau on kairon oi Bois apoluovtai tvn ergvn.”[to be translated] </P. 300>

1747 warb

warb

3241 vnyoke] Warburton (ed. 1747) : “i.e. when you have done that, I’ll trouble you no more with these riddles. The phrase is taken from husbandry.”

1755 John

John

3241 vnyoke] Johnson (1755, unyoke, 1): “ v.a. 1. To loose from the yoke. ‘Our army is disper’d already; Like youthful steers unyok’d, they took their course East, west, north, south.’ [2H4 (2213)]

“‘Homer calls them like gods, and yet gives them the employment of slaves; they unyoke the mules.’ Broome”

1765 john1

john1 = warb

3241 vnyoke]

-1779 mtol1

mtol1 : Upton

3241 vnyoke] Tollet (ms. notes in Theobald, ed. 1740, [-1779]): “i.e. put an end to [ye] the labours: alluding to what the Greeks call[e]d Boulutos.”

1771 han3

han3 =

3241 vnyoke] Hanmer (ed. 1771): “I will trouble you no more, your labour is done.”

1773 v1773

v1773 = john1 + magenta underlined

3241 vnyoke] Farmer (apud Steevens, ed. 1773) : “ If it be not sufficient to say, with Dr . Warburton, that the phrase might be taken from husbandry, without much depth of reading, we may produce it from a dittie of the workmen of Dover, preserved in the additions to Holinshed, p. 1546. ‘My bow is broke, I would unyoke, My foot is sore, I can worke no more.’ FARMER “

1773 jen

jen = john1

3241 vnyoke]

1774-79? capn

capn

3241 vnyoke] Capell (1779-83 [1774]: 1:1:Glossary) : “take the Yoke off, i.e. leave working; a Phrase in Use with the Romans, and taken from Husbandry: Jugum soluere.” .

1778 v1778

v1778 : Upton ; v1773 +

3241 vnyoke] Steevens (ed. 1778) : “Again, in Drayton’s Polyolbion, at the end of Song I. ‘Here I’ll unyoke a while and turne my steeds to meet.’ Again, in P. Holland’s; Translation of Pliny’s Nat. Hist. p. 593: ‘in the evening, and when thou dost unyoke.’ STEEVENS”

1784 ays1

ays1 = john1 w/o attribution

3241 vnyoke]

1785 v1785

v1785 = v1778

3241 vnyoke]

1787 ann

ann = v1785

3241 vnyoke]

1790 mal

mal = v1785

3241 vnyoke]

1791- rann

rann

3241 vnyoke] Rann (ed. 1791-) : “thy labour shall be over, I’ll trouble thee no more.”

1793 v1793

v1793 = v1785

3241 vnyoke]

1803 v1803

v1803 = v1793

1805 Seymour

Seymour

3241 vnyoke] Seymour (1805, 2:198) : <p. 198> “That shall be the end of your task, I shall then unharness your stupidity from the labour of endeavouring to find out my meaning.” </p. 198>

1813 v1813

v1813 = v1803

3241 vnyoke]

1818 Todd

Todd = John +

3241 vnyoke] Todd (1818, unyoke, 1): “† v.a. [[unyeocian, uniucian] Saxon.] 1. To loose from the yoke. ‘Our army is disper’d already; Like youthful steers unyok’d, they took their course East, west, north, south.’ 1H4 ‘Homer calls them like gods, and yet gives them the employment of slaves; they unyoke the mules.’ Broome”

1819 cald1

cald1

3241 vnyoke] Caldecott (ed. 1819) : “Unravel this, and your day’s work is done, your team you may then unharness.”

1821 v1821

v1821 = v1813

3241 vnyoke]

1826 sing1

sing1 ≈ v1821 + magenta underlined

3241 vnyoke] Singer (ed. 1826): “This was a common phrase for giving over or ceasing to do a thing, a metaphor derived from the unyoking of oxen at the end of their labour. Thus in a dittie of the Workmen of Dover, preserved in the additions to Holinshed: ‘My bow is broke, I would unyoke, My foot is sore, I can worke no more.’” These pithy questions were doubtless the fireside amusement of our rustic ancestors. Steevens mentions a collection of them in print, preserved in a volume of scarce tracts in the university library at Cambridge, D.5.2. ‘The innocence of these demaundes joyous (he says) may deserve a praise not always due to their delicacy.’”

[Ed. This latter reference from Steevens is found at steevens’ commentary from TLN 3239-40].

1832 cald2

cald2 = cald1

3241 vnyoke]

1833 valpy

valpy ≈ standard

3241 vnyoke] Valpy (ed. 1833): “Give over.”

1841 knt1 (nd)

knt1 ≈ cald2

3241 vnyoke] Knight (ed. 1841) : “finish your work; unyoke your team.”

1854 del2

del2 : standard

3241 vnyoke] Delius (ed. 1854) : “to unyoke =vom Joche losspannen, dann übertragen auf das Ausruhen überhaupt.” [‘to unyoke [derives] from a loosening from a yoke, then to the carrying forward to a repose at some point.”]

1856 hud1 (1851-6)

hud1≈ knt1

3241 vnyoke] Hudson (ed. 1856) : “This was a common phrase for giving over or ceasing to do a thing, a metaphor derived from the unyoking of oxen at the end of their labour.”

1856b sing2

sing2 = sing1

3241 vnyoke]

1857 elze1

elze1

3241 vnyoke] Elze (ed. 1857): "[cites warb]. Das ist augenscheinlich falsch. Wenn du mir das beantworten kannst, meint der Clown, so darft du ausspannen, d.h. Feierabend machen. Farmer Essay p. 12." [[cites warb] This is evidently false. If you can answer me this, the Clown means, so you are permitted to unharness, that is, to quit.]

1858 col3

col3 : see n. 3233

3241 vnyoke]

1859 stau

stau : see n. 3233

3241 vnyoke]

1864-68 c&mc

c&mc

3241 vnyoke] Clarke & Clarke (ed. 1864-68, rpt. 1874-78): “An expression signifying ‘give over,’ ‘desist,’ ‘cease doing what you are about.’ It is figuratively derived from the unyoking of oxen at the end of their labour.”

1865 hal

hal ≈ mal (minus warb)

3241 vnyoke] Farmer (apud Halliwell, ed. 1865) : “ If it be not sufficient to say, with Dr . Warburton, that this phrase might be taken from husbandry, without much depth of reading, we may produce it from a dittie of the workmen of Dover, preserved in the additions to Holinshed, p. 1546. ‘My bow is broke, I would unyoke, My foot is sore, I can worke no more.’ FARMER”

3241 vnyoke] Steevens (apud Halliwell, ed. 1865): “Again, in Drayton’s Polyolbion, at the end of Song I. ‘Here I’ll unyoke a while and turne my steeds to meet.’ Again, in P. Holland’s; Translation of Pliny’s Nat. Hist. p. 593: ‘in the evening, and when thou dost unyoke.’ Steevens”

1869 tsch

tsch

3241 vnyoke] Tschischwitz (ed. 1869): “Spann’ dich aus.” [Unharness yourself.]

1872 del4

del4 ≈ del2

3241 vnyoke] Delius (ed. 1872) : to unyoke=entjochen, dann übertragen=von der Arbeit ausruhen.” [to unyoke is unyoke, than to carry over, to rest from work.]

1872 cln1

cln1

3241 vnyoke] Clark & Wright (ed. 1872): “when you have done guessing, as men do when they have finished their work.”

1872 hud2

hud2=hud1

3241 vnyoke]

1877 v1877

v1877 = cald2

3241 vnyoke]

1877 neil

neil

3241 vnyoke] Neil (ed. 1877, Notes): “end your task. Alluding to Samson’s riddle, Judges, xiv.”

1881 hud3

hud3 = hud2

3241 vnyoke]

1883 wh2

wh2

3241 vnyoke] White (ed. 1883): “stop work.”

1885 macd

macd ≈ standard

3241 vnyoke]

1885 mull

mull ≈ standard

3241 vnyoke]

1889 Barnett

Barnett

3241 vnyoke] Barnett (1889, p. 58): <p. 58>“have done guessing.” </p. 58>

1899 ard1

ard1 ≈ cln1 w/o attribution

3241 vnyoke] Dowden (ed. 1899): “after this great effort you may unharness the team of your wit.”

1906 nsln

nlsn: standard

3241 vnyoke] Neilson (ed. 1906, Glossary)

1931 crg1

crg1=ard1

3241 vnyoke]

1934 cam3

cam3 = ard1

3241 vnyoke]

cam3 : standard

3241 vnyoke] Wilson (ed. 1934, Glossary):

1937 pen1a

pen1a : standard

3241 vnyoke]

1938 parc

parc ≈ standard

3241 vnyoke]

1939 kit2

kit2

3241 vnyoke]

1942 n&h

n&h ≈ standard

3241 vnyoke]

1947 cln2

cln2 ≈ standard

3241 vnyoke]

cln2

3242 Rylands (ed. 1947): “I know the answer.”

1951 crg2

crg2=crg1

3241 vnyoke]

1957 pel1

pel1 : standard

3241 vnyoke]

1970 pel2

pel2=pel1

3241 vnyoke]

1974 evns1

evns1 ≈ standard

3241 vnyoke]

1980 pen2

pen2 ≈ standard

3241 vnyoke]

1982 ard2

ard2 ≈ standard

3241 vnyoke]

1985 cam4

cam4 ≈ standard

3241 vnyoke]

1987 oxf4

oxf4 ≈ standard

3241 vnyoke]

1988 bev2

bev2: standard

3241 vnyoke] Bevington (ed. 1988): “after this great effort you may unharness the team of your wits.”

1992 fol2

fol2≈ standard

3241 vnyoke]

1993 dent

dent ≈ standard

3241 vnyoke]

1998 OED

OED

3241 vnyoke] OED b. fig. To cease from labour, etc.; to give over work. 1594 NASHE Terrors of Night C iij b, To nothing more aptly can I compare the working of ourbraines after we haue vnyoakt and gone to bed. [etc.]