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- i6o Notes [Act I
kind of gesture with the hands, either in dancing, carving of meat,
or pleading." This is probably the meaning of the word here.
46. The hardest voice. The most difficult utterance, or expression.
48. Well . . . ill. The conjecture of the Cambridge editors.
The folios have " will . . . will ; " and the quartos well, omitting
what follows.
50. Anchor. Johnson could not see " what relation the anchor
has to translation ; " but as Malone suggests, Nym probably means
nothing more than that " the scheme for debauching Ford's wife is
deep."
52. Angels. The angel was an English gold coin, worth about
ten shillings. It took its name from having on one side a figure of
Michael piercing the dragon. The device is said to have originated
in Pope Gregory's pun on Angli and Angeli, and it gave rise to
many puns. See C. of E. iv. 3. 41, Much Ado, ii. 3. 35, M. of V.
ii. 7. 56, and 2 Hen. IV. i. 2. 187.
Golden Angel of Queen Elizabeth
53. Entertain. Take into your service. See on 9 above.
57. Writ me. The me is the " ethical dative," so called.
you in ii. i. 221 below.
60. CEillades. Amorous glances ; as in Lear, iv. 5. 25 : —
" She gave strange ceillades and most speaking looks
To noble Edmund."
The spelling of the word in the folios is " illiads."
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