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- 164 Notes [Act II
of the time, and is recorded by Ray, who explains it thus : " meddle
not with a quarrel voluntarily, wherein you need not be concerned."
87. Bailie, The folios have " ballow ; " and Theobald reads
« baillez."
90. Throughly. Used by S. thirteen times, thoroughly not at all.
100. Are you avised 0' that? Are you aware of that? equiva-
lent to " You may well say that." Cf. M. for M, ii. 2. 132 : " Art
avis'd o' that ?" 'See also on i. i. 165 above. It was a common
expression in that day.
122. The good-year I Generally supposed to be a corruption of
goujere, and = " Pox on 't ! " ( T. N. iii. 4. 308) ; but, according to
the New Eng. Diet, this etymology is " inadmissible," and its real
origin is unknown. It came to be used in a slightly imprecatory
way. Cf. Much Ado, i. 3. i, 2 Hen. IV. ii. 4. 64, 191, etc.
1 26. You shall have An fooVs head, etc. A play on Ann. An
and ane were broad pronunciations of one (Halliwell-Phillipps). A
fooVs head of your own was a common expression. Cf. M. N. D,
iii. I. 119: "What do you see? you see an ass-head of your own,
do you?"
132. I trow? Literally, I know or believe; but here " nearly =
I wonder" (Schmidt). Cf. ii. i. 62 below.
150. Detest. Protest, of course. Elbow makes the same blun-
der in M.for M. ii. i. 69, 75.
154. Go to. A common phrase of encouragement (as here and
in ii. I. 7 and iii. 3. 41 below), or reproof (as in Temp. v. i. 297,
etc.). Allicholy (for melancholy^ occurs again in T. G. of V. iv.
2. 27.
160. Confidence. For the blundering use (= conference), cf.
Much Ado, iii. 5. 3 and R. and J. ii. 4. 133.
ACT II
Scene I. — i . Scaped. Not a contraction of escaped, being
often used in prose.
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