Samuel Johnson [1765], The plays of William Shakespeare, in eight volumes, with the corrections and illustrations of Various Commentators; To which are added notes by Sam. Johnson (Printed for J. and R. Tonson [and] C. Corbet [etc.], London) [word count] [S11001].
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SCENE II.
Changes to the Country.
Enter Autolycus singing.
When daffodils begin to peere,
With, heigh! the doxy over the dale,
Why, then comes in the sweet o'th' year;
For the red blood reigns in the winter's pale.7 note
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The white sheet bleaching on the hedge,
With, hey! the sweet birds, O how they sing!
Doth set my pugging tooth on edge:8 note
For a quart of ale is a dish for a king.
The lark, that tirra-lyra chaunts,
With, hey! with, hey! the thrush and the jay:
Are summer songs for me and my aunts,
While we lie tumbling in the hay.
I have served Prince Florizel, and in my time wore
three pile, but now I am out of service.
But shall I go mourn for that, my dear?
The pale moon shines by night:
And when I wander here and there,
I then do go most right.
If tinkers may have leave to live,
And bear the sow-skin budget;
Then my account I well may give,
And in the stocks avouch it.
My traffick is sheets; when the kite builds, look to
lesser linen6Q0073. 9 noteMy father nam'd me Autolycus, being
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litter'd under Mercury; who, as I am, was likewise a
snapper-up of unconsider'd trifles: with die and drab,
I purchas'd this caparison; and my revenue is the silly
cheat.1 note Gallows, and knock, are too powerful on
the high-way; beating and hanging are terrors to
me: for the life to come, I sleep out the thought of
it.—A prize! a prize!
Samuel Johnson [1765], The plays of William Shakespeare, in eight volumes, with the corrections and illustrations of Various Commentators; To which are added notes by Sam. Johnson (Printed for J. and R. Tonson [and] C. Corbet [etc.], London) [word count] [S11001].
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