That with his name the mothers ftill their babes?5 I thought, I fhould have feen fome Hercules, And large proportion of his ftrong-knit limbs, It cannot be, this weak and writhled fhrimp TAL. Madam, I have been bold to trouble you: COUNT. What means he now ?-Go afk him, whither he goes. MESS. Stay, my lord Talbot; for my lady craves To know the caufe of your abrupt departure. TAL. Marry, for that she's in a wrong belief, I go to certify her, Talbot's here. Re-enter Porter, with keys. COUNT. If thou be he, then art thou prifoner. TAL. Prifoner! to whom? COUNT. To me, blood-thirsty lord; And for that cause I train'd thee to my house. 5 That with his name the mothers fill their babes?] Dryden has transplanted this idea into his Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: 6 "Nor fhall Sebaftian's formidable name "Be longer us'd, to lull the crying babe." STEEVENS. writhledi. e. wrinkled. The word is ufed by Spenfer. Sir Thomas Hanmer reads -wrizled, which has been followed in fubfequent editions. MALONE. The inftance from Spenfer, is the following: Her writhled fkin, as rough as maple rind." STEEVENS. For in my gallery thy picture hangs: But now the fubftance fhall endure the like; COUNT. Laugheft thou, wretch? thy mirth fhall turn to moan. 8 TAL. I laugh to see your ladyfhip so fond, To think that you have aught but Talbot's fhadow, Whereon to practice your feverity. COUNT. Why, art not thou the man? TAL. I am indeed. COUNT. Then have I fubftance too. TAL. No, no, I am but fhadow of myself: 9 I tell you, madam, were the whole frame here; Your roof were not fufficient to contain it. 9 nonce; captivate. ] So, in Soliman and Perfeda: "If not deftroy'd and bound, and captivate, "If captivate, then forc'd from holy faith." STEEVENS. fo fond, ] i, e. fo foolish. So, in King Henry IV. Part II. "Fondly brought here, and foolishly fent hence." STEEVENS. STEEVENS. I am but fhadow of myself: ] So, in King Henry VIII: "I am the fhadow of poor Buckingham." This is a riddling merchani &c.] So, in Romeo and Juliet: "What faucy merchant was this?" See a note on this paffage, A& II. fc. iv. STEEVENS. He will be here, and yet he is not here: TAL. That will I fhow you prefently.3 Hewinds a horn. Drums heard; then a peal of ord- These are his fubftance, finews, arms, and ftrength, COUNT. Victorious Talbot! pardon my abufe: I did not entertain thee as thou art. TAL. Be not difmay'd, fair lady; nor misconftrue What you have done, hath not offended me: But only (with your patience,) that we may COUNT. With all my heart; and think me ho- To feast fo great a warrior in my houfe. [Exeunt. 3 That will I show you prefently.] The deficient foot in this line may properly be fupplied, by reading- 4 11 That, madam, will I show you prefently. STEEVENS. -bruited, ] To bruit is to proclaim with noife, to announce loudly. So, in Macbeth: |