The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-05-15
Those be rubies. fairy fsyoufs,
la those lreoklos live their sayoafs.

| Those be rubies. fairy fsyours,
| la those ireckes live their savoafs"
Rubiss would be singular decorations for coai" ou
were common ornaments 10 golden chalices
Many notes have been written upon the question
IConolanus. lhae represented IN the ioiio 1913
"Why in this woolgish tongue should stand hefeF'
la the folio 1882 "tongue is altered 10 gown ou
the poets word doubtless "osas Tor tSga m,s'akei
by the compositor, and printed Tongue Inc oimculS
has not arisen out OF this substantive bu, out o. the e
tibet which precedes IT, 1ooUiShj and johnson,
Rtson. Malone &c have all tried IN VAIN 10 explain ia
meaning in The place where II occurs ~ no'hhs ou
lapse by the printer who earlier IN ihe play Up 49,
did not know what 10 make OF 'Dapess. ana called II
Naglss-"lhe Naples yeslufe OF humility. mere. again
he did not understand what he was putting In type and
therefore committed singular and hitherto nexpl'cable
bunder manuscript note in the folio 1882 sets all
right. and offers most acceptable enendaon
| Why in this ,oooLiess ogue should stand here.
| To beg Of Hob and Dick T. &c
As the tsga napess il Uooiisss an altera-
ton for the better, that carries conviction the very
face OF it, Are we to impuIe il merely 10 the sagacity OF
the early possessor of the folio 1852. when nobody
since his time has had any notion OF the sort
to suppose that he had in this instance aud in 9TH
ers guide by which his speculaons were assisted
L. 2Ol. Modern editors, since the lime OF Theobad
have properly corrected the hrsl line OF the speech Of
Coriolanus
80, good, but most unwise patricans I"
which stands in The old copies. 80 God but most un.
WISE" &c but there are very important bunders in sub
sequent lines, which they have allowed to pass without
remark We will first, as usual, insert the text as ii
stands universally printed, aud follow il by the excellent
cancellations contained il the folio 1882
30, good but most unwise patrcians why.
You grave but reckless senators, have you thus
Given Hydra here to choose officer,
That with bis peTempIory shall being but
The horn and noise o. the monsters, not spirit
TO say he'l turn your c9Iren, IN ditch,
And make your channel his 7 II no have power,
Then vail your ignorance If none. awake
Your dangerous leny"
In the above, besides the first God for "good-tbere
are no fewer than five striking errors of The press or
hem har liz IN -
imputed to the compositor Trusting to the corrector OF
the folio 1852, ought hereafter give the passage as
follows:
60 good but most unwse patricians! why,
You grave but reckless senators, have you thus
Given Hydra leave TO choose officer
The horn and noso Of the noms,e,) wants not spirit
To say, he'll turn your cnrrent IN ditch,
And make your channel his II he have lower,
Then vail your impotence if none rspoks
Your dangerous bounty"
The meaning of the last portion of the quotation is,
Ignorance" which is the proper antthess Of power
oil the senate submit 10 but ii he have none, let the
senate revoke the bounty by which such perous prvi.
lege had been conceded 10 the populace The leny OF
Calls upon them to revoke the bounty which had caused
them 10 relinquish power properly belonging only to
themselves.
In the tragedy Of Macbeth very acceptable alteration
is made on the evidence in Lady Macbeths speech
invoking night just before the entrance OF her hus-
band it is in word which has occasioned much specu-
lation:
Come thick night,
And pail thee in the dunnest smoke of hell,
That my keen knife see no, the wound u makes,
To cay, Hold hold y"
Stevens, with reference 10 blanket," quotes rug and
rugs from Drayton and Malone seriously supposes that
the word suggested 10 Shakespeare BY the coarse
woolen curtain OF the theatre, when, in fact ia not al
all known whether the curtain separating the audience
from The actors, was wooien or linen. What solution
of the hculty does the old coTrecor o1er As seems
sphs he I'M nd
i" Nor heaven peep through the blanknsa Of the dark
To cry, Hold, hold r
The scribe mishsard the termination Of Nanknsss, and
absurdly wrote "bankeL"
The old corrector offers solution of passage that has
hitherto bafiled satisfactory explanation.
Ii is where Macbeth daies the Ghost OF Banquo TO the
desert, and adds, as the iolios give II
"If trembling lnhsbt then protest me
The baby OF giH"
Malone was for converting "inhabil then" to inhib
thee; but we do not quite approve of the manuscript
change in the folio 1882 not because is not very intel
gbe. allowing for iranspos,on, but because It Is too
prosac
nuemUIing ,rhbh, then protest ma" &c.
l. e. il you perceive me emble. We have been used
TO attach some indefinite meaning TO "f trembling in.
habit" OF the old impressions that the reader is hardly
prepared for simple explanation III trembling
EXHIBIT" Yet. after all il may be night.
In Hamlet Horao, describing the effect oil the appear
ance OF The Ghost upon Bernardo and MaIceus, tells
Hamlet as the text Of the quartos has II,
:" Whilst they dis,illd
Almost TO Jelly with-the act OF fear,
Sand dumb, and speak not to hun"
The iolios on the other hand read
Whilst they, bsti'd
Almost TO Jelly with the act Of fear,
Neither word, "dstild" or bestiPd, can be ferfeclly
satisfactory; but il is apparent that bestld was mis-
prn, in the folio 1923 (and from thence copied into ths
folio 1922 for word, very like 1t in letters, but afford
ing very clear and sensible meaning:
Whilst they, beehiPd
Almost to Jelly with The act OF fear,
Stand dumb, and speak not 10 him"
Bernardo and MarceIlus almost chilled TO Jelly
by their apprshensions, "he cold TT OF fear HAVING
come powerfully upon Them This must be deemed
ter superior to tina, OF any old or modern edition.
M LcnueI j. Middleton for City ColIeotor-The
this gentleman lin candidate 70
city the ensuing election In jane.
May 3-ood6t.