The comedies, histories, tragedies, and poems of William Shakspere . of which nameof English-men, it should seem he was chieflymoved in respect of Pope Gregory, his alludingthe name of Engelisce unto Angel-like. Thename of Engel is yet at this present in all theTentonick tongues, to wit, the high and lowDutch, &c., as much to say, as Angel, and if aDutch-man be asked how he would in his lan-guage call an Angel-like-man, he would answer,ein English-man; and being asked how in hisown language he would or doth call an English-man, he can give no other name for him, buteven the very same that he g
The comedies, histories, tragedies, and poems of William Shakspere . of which nameof English-men, it should seem he was chieflymoved in respect of Pope Gregory, his alludingthe name of Engelisce unto Angel-like. Thename of Engel is yet at this present in all theTentonick tongues, to wit, the high and lowDutch, &c., as much to say, as Angel, and if aDutch-man be asked how he would in his lan-guage call an Angel-like-man, he would answer,ein English-man; and being asked how in hisown language he would or doth call an English-man, he can give no other name for him, buteven the very same that he gave before for anAngel-like-man, tliat is, as before is said, ein SCENE English-man, Engel being in their tongue anAngel, and English, which they write, Engelsche,Angel-like. And such reason and considerationmay have moved our former kings, upon their 1HE MEECHANT OF VENICE. 577 best coin of pure and fine gold, to set the imageof an angel, which, may be supposed, hath as wellbeen used before the Norman Conquest, as subjoin the angel of \_A)}gel of Queen Elizabeth.] ^ Scene VIII.— That in a gondola loere seentogether. The only way of reaching the mainland wasin a gondola. But to be seen was altogether a matter of choice,—the gondola being themost private mode of conveyance in the world,(not excepting the Turkish palanquin,) and thefittest for an elopement. M
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