Lord. Madam, and nothing elfe; fo lords call la dies. Sly. Madam wife, they fay, that I have dream'd, and flept Above fome fifteen years and more. Lady. Ay, and the time feems thirty unto me; Madam, undrefs you, and come now to bed. Sly. Ay, it ftands fo, that I may hardly tarry fo long. But I would be loth to fall into my dreams again; I will therefore tarry, in despight of the flesh and the blood, Enter a Meffenger, Mel. Your honour's players, hearing your antend, ment, Are come to play a pleafant comedy, For fo your doctors hold it very meet; Seeing too much fadnefs hath congeal'd your blood, And melancholy is the nurfe of frenzy, Therefore, they thought it good you hear a play, And frame your mind to mirth and merriment, Which bars a thousand harms, and lengthens life. Mr. Pope made likewife the following addition to this fpeech from the elder play. 66 Sly. Come, fit down on my knee. Sim, drink to her," Ma dam, &c. STEEVENS. 9 come now to bed.] Here Mr. Pope adds again.-Sim, drink to her. STEEVENS. Sly, Marry, I will; let them play it: Is not a commonty a Christmas gambol, or a tumbling trick'? Lady. No, my good lord; it is more pleafing stuff, Lady. It is a kind of hiftory. Sly. Well, we'll fee't: Come, madam wife, fit by my fide, and let the world flip; we shall ne'er be younger. ACT I. SCENE I. A Street in Padua. Flourish. Enter Lucentio, and his man Tranio. Luc, Tranio, fince-for the great defire I had I am arriv'd for fruitful Lombardy2, And, by my father's love and leave, am arm'd Pifa Is not a commonty a Chrifimas gambol, or a tumbling trick?] Thus the old copies; the modern ones read, It is not a commodity, &c. Commonty for comedy, &c. STEEVENS. In the old play (fee p. 403.) the players themselves use the word commodity corruptly for a comedy. BLACKSTONE. from fruitful Lombardy,] So, Mr. Theobald. The former editions, inftead of from had for. JOHNSON. Padua is a city of Lombardy, therefore Mr. Theobald's emendation is unneceffary. STEEVENS. ingenious] I rather think it was written ingenuous ftudies, but of this and a thoufand fuch obfervations there is little certainty. JOHNSON. Pifa, renowned for grave citizens 4, 6 Vincentio his fon, brought up in Florence, In Coles's Dictionary 1677, it is remarked" ingenuous and ingenious are too often confounded." Thus in The Match at Midnight, by Rowley, 1633: Methinks he dwells in my opinion: a right ingenious fpirit, veil'd merely with the variety of youth, and wildness. Again, in The Bird in a Cage, 1633: "deal ingenioufly, fweet lady. EDITOR. 4 Pifa renowned for grave citizens,] This paffage, I think, fhould be read and pointed thus: Pifa, renowned for grave citizens Gave me my being, and my father firft, A merchant of great traffick through the world, In the next line, which fhould begin a new fentence, Vincentio his fon, is the fame as Vincentio's fon, which the author of the Revi jal not apprehending, has propofed to alter Vincentio into Lucentio. It may be added, that Shakspeare in other places expreffes the genitive cafe in the fame improper manner. See Troilus and Creffida, act ii. fc. 1: "Mars his ideot." And Twelfth Night, act iii. fc. 3: "The Count his gallies. TYRWHITT. Virtue, and that part of philofophy] Sir Thomas Hanmer, and after him Dr. Warburton, read to virtue; but formerly ply and apply were indifferently ufed, as to ply or apply his ftudies. JOHNSON 7 Me pardonato] We should read, Mi pardonate. STEEVENS. Glad that you thus continue your refolve, * Talk logick with acquaintance that you have, Luc. Gramercics, Tranio, well doft thou advise. If, Biondello, thou wert come afhore, We could at once put us in readiness; Tra. Mafter, fome fhow to welcome us to town. Enter Baptifla, with Katharina and Bianca. Gremio and Bap. Gentlemen, importune me no farther, -Ariftotle's checks,] are, I fuppofe, the harsh rules of Arif totle. STEEVENS. Tranio is here defcanting on academical learning, and mentions by name fix of the feven liberal fciences. I fufpect this to be a mif-print, made by fome copyift or compofitor, for ethicks. The fenfe confirms it. BLACKSTONE. 9 Julk logick] The old copies read--Balke logick &c. MALONE. Because Because I know you well, and love you well, To make a ftale of me amongst these mates? Unless you were of gentler, milder mould. Kath. I'faith, fir, you fhall never need to fear; I-wis, it is not half way to her heart: But, if it were, doubt not, her care fhall be Hor. From all fuch devils, good Lord, deliver us! Tra. Hufh, mafter! here is fome good paftime That wench is ftark mad, or wonderful froward. Maid's mild behaviour and fobriety. Peace, Tranio. Tra. Well faid, master; mum! and gaze your fill. Bap. Gentlemen, that I may foon make good Put finger in the eye,-an fhe knew why. Bian. A pretty peat!] Peat or pet is a word of endearment from petit, little, as if it meant pretty little thing. JOHNSON. This word is ufed in the old play of King Leir (not Shakfpeare's): "Gon. I marvel, Ragan, how you can endure "To fee that proud, pert peat, our youngest fifter, &c." Again, in Coridon's Song, by Tho. Lodge; publifhed in England's Helicon, 1614: "And |