And that fame dew, which fometime on the buds. Be, as thou waft wont to be; See, as thou waft wont to fee : Hath fuch force and bleffed power. (24) Now, my Titania, wake you, my fweet Queen. Ob. There lies your love. (24) Dian's bud, or Cupid's flow'r.] Thus all the editions had tupidly exhibited this paffage. The ingenious Dr. Thirlby gave me the correction, which I have inferted in the text, and which, doubt Jefs, reflores us the Author. Oberon in Act the 2d, where he first propofes q enchant his Queen's eyes and fenfe, tells us, he has an antidote to take off the charm. And e'er I take this charm from off her fight, As I can take it with another herb, &c. And again, towards the end of the 3d Act, where he is giving Fuck directions for disenchanting Lyfander, he fays; Then crush this herb into Lyfander's eye, Queen Queen. How came these things to pass ? Puck. When thou awak'ft,with thine own fool's eyes peep. And will to-morrow midnight folemnly There fhall thefe pairs of faithful lovers be Puck. Fairy King, attend and mark; Ob. Then, my Queen, in filence fade; (26) We the globe can compass foon,. Swifter than the wand'ring moon. Queen. Come, my Lord, and in our flight- (25) Titania, mufick call, and ftrike more dead Than common Sleep. Of all thefe fine the fenfe.] This, mot certainly, is both corrupt in the text, and pointing. Would mufick, that was to ftrike them into a deeper fleep than ordinary, contribute to fine (or, refine) their fenfes? My emendation, I am perfuaded, -needs no juftification. The five, that lay afleep on the ftage, were, Demetrius, Lyfander, Hermia, Helena, and Bottom.-I ought to acknow-ledge, that Dr. Thirlby likewife ftarted and communicated this very correction. (26) Then, my Queen, in filence fad,] Why, fad? Fairies, according to the receiv'd notion, are pleas'd to follow night. For that reafon, and for bettering the rhyme, I think it very probable that our Author wrote;-in filence fade; i. e. vanifh, retreat. fenfe our Author has elfewhere employ'd this word. fpeaking of the ghoft's difappearing. It faded at the crowing of the cock. G.4 In which As in Hamlet, That That I fleeping here was found, With thefe mortals on the ground. [Sleepers lie Aill [Exeunt [Wind borns within. Enter Thefeus, Egeus, Hippolita, and all bis Train. The. Go one of you, find out the forefter, For now our obfervation is perform'd, And fince we have the vaward of the day, My love fhall hear the mufick of my hounds. Difpatch, I fay, and find the forefter. We will, fair Queen, up to the mountain's top, Of hounds and echo in conjunction. Hip. I was with Hercules and Cadmus once, (27) The skies, the fountains, ev'ry region near, Seem'd all one mutual cry.] It has been propos'd to me, that the Author probably wrote mountains, from whence an echo rather proceeds than from fountains: but as we have the authority of the ancients for lakes, rivers, and fountains returning a found, I have been diffident to diflurb the text. To give a few inftances that occur at prefent. Cvid. Metam. 1. 3. ver. 500. Ultima vux foitam fuit hæc fpe&tantis in undam, ** Heu fruftra dilc&te puer !" totidemque remifit For fo Burmann has corrected it: the common editions have locus neid: 12. verf. 886, Virgil Tam vero exoritur clamor, rifæque lacufque Refponfant circà, & cælum tonat omne tumultu. Aufon. in Mofellâ. verf. 167. adftrepit ollis Et rupes, & fylva tremens, & concavus amnis. And again, verf, 296. Refonantia utrimque Cui procul Alcides iterat responsa ; fed illi Seem'd Seem'd all one mutual cry. I never heard Thef. My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind, Was never hallo'd to, nor cheer'd with horn, Judge, when you hear. But foft, what nymphs are thefe ? This Helena, old Nedar's Helena; I wonder at their being here together. Thef. No doubt, they rofe up early to obferve But fpeak, Egeus, is not this the day, That Hermia fhould give anfwer of her choice? Thef. Gobid the huntfmen wake them with their horns Horns and fhout within; Demetrius, Lyfander, Hermia> and Helena, wake and start up. Thef. Good morrow, friends; Saint Valentine is pafte Begin thefe wood-birds but to couple now? Lyf Pardon, my Lord. 1 Thef. I pray you all, stand up: I know, you two are rival enemies. How comes this gentle concord in the world, I came with Hermia hither. Our intent Was to be gone from Athens, where we might be Ege. Enough, enough; my Lord, you have enough; I beg the law, the law upon his head: They would have ftoll'n away, they would, Demetrius, You, of your wife; and me, of my confent; But, my good Lord, I wot not by what power, The Fair lovers, you are fortunately met, Come, Hippolita. [Exe. Duke, Hippol. and Train. Her. Methinks, I fee these things with parted eye; When every thing feems double. Hel. So, methinks; And |