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

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

3523 That on the superuise no leasure bated,	5.2.23

1730 theol

theol

3523 no leasure bated] Theobald (26 Mar. 1730, [fol. 122v [Nichols 2:577]): <fol. 122v> “Can this signify, no time, no delay or respite allowed; for so the sense requires?

“As in the next page [3549] we find, ‘NOT shriving-time allow’d.” </fol. 122v>

1744 han1

han1

3523 bated] Hanmer (ed. 1744: Glossary): “abated, sunk.”

1747 warb

warb :

3523 bated] Warburton (ed. 1747) : “Bated, for allowed. To abate signifies to deduct; this deduction, when applied to the person in whose favour it is made, is called an allowance. Hence he takes the liberty of using bated for allowed.”

1753 blair

blair

3523 bated] Blair(ed. 1753): “abated, sunk.”

1755 John

John : standard +

3523 bated] Johnson (1755, bate, ): “ v.a. [contracted from abate.]

1. To lessen anything; to retrench. ‘shall I bend low, and in a bondman’s key, With bated breath, and whisp’ring humbleness, Say this?’ MV.

“Nor envious at the sight will I forbear My plenteous bowl, nor bate my plenteous cheer.’ Dryden.”

1765 john1

john1 = warb

3523 bated]

1773 v1773

v1773 = john1

3523 bated]

1774 capn

capn

3523 That on the superuise no leasure bated] Capell (1774:1:1:Glossary) : Supervizal. Superuizor [Oth. 3.3.411 (2041)] a Looker-on, or O’er-looker.”

1778 v1778

v1778 = v1773

3523 bated]

1784 ays1

ays1 = v1778 (warb) w/o attribution

3523 bated]

1785 v1785

v1785 = v1778

3523 bated]

1787 ann

ann = v1785

3523 bated]

1790 mal

mal = v1785 + magenta underlined

3523 no leasure bated] Malone (ed. 1790) : “ No leisure bated — means, without any abatement or intermission of time . MALONE”

-1790 mWesley

mWesley

3523 bated] Wesley (typescript of ms. notes in ed. 1785): “Acute, perhaps true.”

1791- rann

rann :

3523 on the superuise] Rann (ed. 1791) : “instantly upon the perusal”

1793 v1793

v1793 = mal

3523 no leasure bated]

1803 v1803

v1803 = mal

3523 no leasure bated]

v1803 :

3523-5 That . . . off] Steevens (apud Reed, ed. 1803) : “From what original our author derived this incident of detecting the letter, and exchanging it for another, I am unqualified to determine. A similar stratagem, however, occurs in Andrew of Wyntown’s Cronykil , B. VI. ch. xiii. ‘The Prest that purs opnyed fwne, And sand in it that letter dwne. That he opnyd, and red the payne, The berere of it for to be slayne. That Letter away than pwte he qwyte, And sone ane othir than couth he wryte— He cloysed thys Lettyr curywfly, And in the purs all prewely He pwt it quhare the tothir was.’ v. 188, & fcq. The words of the first letter are,— Vista litera, lator illius moriatur. Thus also Hamlet: ‘—That, on the supervise,— He should the bearers put to sudden death.’The story, however varied, perhaps originated from the Bellerophontis literæ. STEEVENS”

1813 v1813

v1813 = v1803

3523 no leasure bated]

v1813 = v1803

3523-5 That . . . off]

1819 cald1

cald1

3523 on the superuise] Caldecott(ed. 1819) : “At sight, on the mere inspection.”

cald1 ≈v1813

3523 no leasure bated] Caldecott (ed. 1819) : “No interval allowed. In substance as he presently says, ‘without debatement further.’

“Warburton says, ‘to abate, signifies to deduct; this deduction, when applied to the person in whose favour it is made, is called an allowance. Hence he takes the liberty of using bated for allowed.’”

1821 v1821

v1821 = v1813

3523 no leasure bated]

v1821 = v1813

3523-5 That . . . off]

1822 Nares

Nares

3523 superuise,] Nares (1822; 1906): “s. Sight, or view; on the supervise, on seeing the thing in question, namely, the letters sent. [cites Ham]

“Supervisor is also used in [Oth. 3.3.411 (2041)]for a looker-on; at present it is only an official name for an inspector of the customs, &c.”

1826 sing1

Sing1 = v1821

3523 superuise] Singer (ed. 1826) : “The superuise is the looking over; no leisure bated means without any abatement or intermission of time.”

1832 cald2

cald2 = cald1

3523 no leasure bated]

1854 del2

del2 :

3523 superuise] Delius (ed. 1854) : “d.h. sobald der König von England den Brief nur eingesehen hätte; on the supervise =unmittelbar nach Sicht.” [“that is, as soon as the King of England had only comprehended the letter; on the supervise,, after a direct view.” ]

del2 :

3523 bated] Delius (ed. 1854) : “To bate für to abate=abrechnen, entziehen.” [“To bate for to abate , to break, to deprive.”]

1856 hud1 (1851-6)

hud1 = sing1 without attribution

3523 superuise]

1856 sing2

sing2 = sing1

3523 superuise]

1864-68 c&mc

c&mc

3523 the superuise] Clarke & Clarke (ed. 1864-68, rpt. 1874-78): “‘The looking over.’ Holofernes, in [LLL] Act iv. sc.2 says, ‘I will supervise the canzonet.’”

c&mc

3523 no leasure bated] Clarke & Clarke (ed. 1864-68, rpt. 1874-78): “‘No period of leisure allowed,’ ‘no abatement of time suffered.’”

1869 Romdahl

Romdah; ≈ standard +

3523 superuise] Romdahl (1869, p. 42): “<p. 42>“nowhere else in Sh.” </p. 42>

1869 tsch

Tsch

3523 bated] Tschischwitz (ed. 1869): “Das absolute Particip des Perf. sowohl transitiver wie intransitiver Verba ist gleich dem Präs. ein nicht seltenes Mittel der Satzverkürzung geworden. Im Wesentlichen wird dadurch ein Temporalsatz vertreten, welcher die seinem Subjecte Zugescriebene Handlung als vollendet in der Sphäre des Satsverbs darstellt, wobei die logischen Beziehungen zur Haupthandlung verschiedener Art sein können. Cf. Six frozen witners spent, Return with wellcome home from banish ment. [[R2 1.3.211]]S. auch unten [[3550 and 3556]]. [“The absolute participle of the perfect, transitive as well as intransitive verbs, has become equivalent to the present not seldomly in the middle of an abbreviated clause. For the essential thing, a temporal sentence though this [[process]] will be substituted, whether the deed credited to a subject exhibits completion in the range of the verb of the sentence, whereby the logical connection can be to the principal action of the completed act. Cf. Six frozen witners spent, Return with wellcome home from banish ment. [[R2 1.3.211]]S. auch unten [[3550 and 3556]].

1872 del4

del4 = del2

3523 superuise]

del4 = del2

3523 bated]

1872 cln1

cln1

3523 superuise] Clark & Wright (ed. 1872): “On the supervision, on the first reading. For substantives taking the form of the simple verb, see [1.1.57 (72)]. The verb ‘supervise’ occurs in [LLL 4.2.124 (1285)] : ‘Let me supervise the canzonet.’”

cln1

3523 no leasure bated] Clark & Wright (ed. 1872): “The leisure is to be taken out of the interval of time between the receiving of the command its execution. The execution must follow immediately without any exception of leisure.”

cln1

1872 hud2

hud2 : standard

3523 superuise]

hud2

3523 bated] Hudson (ed. 1872): “The language is obscure, though the general sense is plain enough. I suspect bated is an instance of the passive form with the active sense; no leisure abating the speed; or the haste not being lessened by any pause.”

1873 rug2

rug2 ≈ standard

3523 superuise] Moberly (ed. 1873): “As soon as they saw the letters.”

1876 Nares

Nares

3523 bated] Nares (1822; rev. & enl. 1876; 1905): “ To diminish; to subtract from. ‘In time the mighty mountains tops be bated; But, with their fall, the neighbour vales are fatted; And what, when Trent or Avon overflowe, They reave one field, they on the next bestowe. Sylvester’s Du Bartas.”

1877 v1877

v1877 ≈ cln1

3523 superuise] Clark & Wright (apud Furness, ed. 1877): “On the supervision, on the first reading. For substantives taking the form of the simple verb, see [1.1.57 (72)]. The verb ‘supervise’ occurs in [LLL 4.2.124 (1285)] : ‘Let me supervise the canzonet.’” See 1.1.57 [72].”

v1877 = mal

3523 bated]

1877 neil

neil

3523 superuise] Neil (ed. 1877, Notes): “first glance at ; reading.”

1881 hud3

hud3 : standard

3523 superuise]

hud3 = hud2

3523 bated]

1885 macd

macd ≈ standard

3523 superuise]

macd ≈ standard

3523 no leasure bated]

1889 Barnett

Barnett : standard

3523 superuise] Barnett (1889, p. 62): <p. 62>“the reading over.” </p. 62>

Barnett : standard

3523 no leasure bated] Barnett (1889, p. 62): <p. 62>“no time lost, i.e. immediately.” </p. 62>

1890 irv2

irv2 : standard

3523 no leasure bated] Symons (in Irving & Marshall, ed. 1890): “i.e. without any abatement or intermission of time.”

1899 ard1

Ard1 : standard + magenta underlined

3523 no leasure bated] Dowden (ed. 1899): “deducted; n leisure time is to be taken out of the interval between the supervisal of the commison and Hamlet’s execution. Promptorium Parvulorum, ‘Baten or abaten of weyte or mesure, subtraho.’”

1905 rltr

rltr : standard

3523 superuise]

1906 nlsn

nlsn : standard

3523 bated] Neilson (ed. 1906, Glossary)

nlsn : standard

3523 superuise] Neilson (ed. 1906, Glossary)

1929 trav

trav

3523 That] Travers (ed. 1929): “That, governed by ‘command,’ four lines higher, 20-22 [3519], being, quite in the manner of Claudius, heavily (as Hamlet can be nimbly) parenthetic.”

1931 crg1

crg1 ≈ standard

3523 superuise]

crg1 ≈ standard

3523 leasure bated]

1934 cam3

cam3 : standard

3523 superuise] Wilson (ed. 1934, Glossary)

cam3

3523 bated] Wilson (ed. 1934, Glossary): “excepted (cf. [Temp. 2.1.99 (774)] ‘Bate, I beseech you, widow Dido.’”

1934 rid1

rid1 : standard

3523 on the superuise] Ridley (ed. 1934, Glossary):

3523 leasure bated] Ridley (ed. 1934, Glossary):

1939 kit2

kit2 ≈ standard

3523 on the superuise]

kit2 ≈ standard

3523 bated] Kittredge (ed. 1939, Glossary):

kit2 ≈ standard +

3523 leasure bated] Kittredge (ed. 1939): “The idea is expressed from an odd point of view, and indeed, the whole speech is in a vein of fierce and bitter humour.”

1938 parc

parc ≈ standard

3523 superuise]

parc ≈ standard

3523 leaure bated]

1942 n&h

N&H ≈ standard

3523 superuise]

N&H ≈ standard

3523 bated]

1947 cln2

cln2 ≈ standard

3523 superuise]

3523 leasure bated]

1951 alex

Alex ≈ standard

3523 bated] Alexander (ed. 1951, Glossary)

1951 crg2

crg2=crg1

3523 superuise]

crg2=crg1

3523 leasure bated]

crg2≈ standard

3523 bated] Craig (ed. 1951, Glossary)

1954 sis

sis ≈ standard

3523 superuise] Sisson (ed. 1954, Glossary):

sis ≈ standard

3523 bated]

1957 pel1

pel1 : standard

3523 superuise]

pel1 : standard

3523 bated]

1970 pel2

pel2=pel1

3523 superuise]

pel2=pel1

3523 bated]

1974 evns1

evns1 ≈ standard

3523 superuise]

evns1 ≈ standard

3523 bated]

1980 pen2

pen2

3523 superuise]

pen2

3523 bated]

1982 ard2

ard2

3523 superuise] Jenkins (ed. 1982): “perusal. The sole recorded instance of the noun; see [2.1.4 n.].”

ard2 ≈ standard

3523 leasure bated]

1984 chal

chal : standard

3522 superuise]

chal : ard1

3523 bated]

1985 cam4

cam4 ≈ standard

3523 superuise]

cam4 ≈ standard

3523 leasure bated]

1987 oxf4

oxf4 ≈ standard

3523 leasure bated]

oxf4 ≈ ard2 w/o attribution

3523 superuise]

1988 bev2

bev2: standard

3523 superuise]

bev2: standard

3523 leasure bated]

1992 fol2

fol2≈ standard

3523 leasure bated]

1993 dent

dent ≈ standard

3523 superuise]

dent ≈ standard

3523 leasure bated]

dent ≈ standard

3524 stay]

1998 OED

OED

3523 superuise]OED The act of supervising; inspection, perusal.

OED

3523 bate] OED ppl. a. (Lowered or lessened in position, amount, force, estimation, etc.;