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- 204 Notes [Act V
elsewhere in S. ; nor why the imagination of a maid, and one who
has thrice said her prayers before falling asleep, should be supposed
to play such wicked tricks with her.
63. Chairs of order. The seats of the Knights of the Garter.
64. With juice of balm, etc. It was an old custom to rub tables,
chairs, etc., with aromatic herbs. Pliny says that the Romans did
the same, to drive away evil spirits (Steevens).
65. Several. Separate. See on iii. 5. 108 above. Instalment =
seat of installation.
69. Expressure. Expression, or impression. Cf. T. and C. iii.
3. 204 and T. N. ii. 3. 171.
71. Pense. A dissyllable here, as in French verse.
75. Character)/. Writing; as again in/. C. ii. i. 308: "All
the charactery of my sad brows." In both passages it is accented
on the second syllable. Cf. also character (= handwriting) in
M. for M. iv. 2. 208, Ham. iv. 7. 53, etc.
82. Middle-earth. " Spirits are supposed to inhabit the ethereal
regions, and fairies to dwell underground ; men therefore are in a
middle station " (Johnson). Early English writers often use middle-
earth in this sense.
85. O'erlook'd, Bewitched by the " evil eye." Cf. M. of V. iii.
2. 15 : — " Beshrew your eyes,
They have o'erlook'd me and divided me."
86. With trial-fire, etc. Steevens cites Beaumont and Fletcher,
Faithful Shepherdess : —
" In this flame his finger thrust,
Which will burn him if he lust ;
But if not, away will turn,
As loth unspotted flesh to burn."
88. Turn him to no pain. Cf. Temp. \. 2. 64: "To think o'
the teen that I have turn'd you to ; " Cor. iii. i. 284 : "The which
shall turwyou to no further harm," etc.
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