The plays of William Shakspeare : with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators, to which are added notes . s he not ftolen:] A lill is ftill carried by the watchmen at Lichfield. It was the old weapon of Englifhinfantry, which, fays Temple, gave the moji ghajlly anddeplorable wounds. It may be caXled Jecuris falcata. JOHNSOK. ABOUT NOTHING. 97 houfes, and bid thofe that are drunk ^ get them tobed. About Shakfpeares time halberds were the weapons borne bythe watchmen, as appears from Blounts Foi/age to the Levant: —certaine Janizaries, who with great ftaves guard each ftreet,a
The plays of William Shakspeare : with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators, to which are added notes . s he not ftolen:] A lill is ftill carried by the watchmen at Lichfield. It was the old weapon of Englifhinfantry, which, fays Temple, gave the moji ghajlly anddeplorable wounds. It may be caXled Jecuris falcata. JOHNSOK. ABOUT NOTHING. 97 houfes, and bid thofe that are drunk ^ get them tobed. About Shakfpeares time halberds were the weapons borne bythe watchmen, as appears from Blounts Foi/age to the Levant: —certaine Janizaries, who with great ftaves guard each ftreet,as our night watchmen with holherds in London. Reed. The weapons to which the care of Dogberry extends, arementioned in Glapthornes JVit in a Conjiable, 1639 ? Well faid, neighbours ; Youre chatting wifely oer your Mils and lanthornSj As becomes watchmen of , in Arden of Feverjham, ISQI: —————the watch Are coming towrd our houfe with glaives and following reprefentation of a watchman, with his bill onhis Ihoulder, is copied from the title-page to Deckers Operje O,&c. 4to. 1612:. Vol. VI. H Steevens. 98 MUCH ADO 2 JFa tch. How if they will not ? DoGB. Why then, let them alone till they arcfober ; if they make you not then the better anfwer,you may fay, they are not the men you took themfor. 2 Watch. Well, fir. DoGB. If you meet a thief, you may fufpe6l him,by virtue of your office, to be no true man: and,for fuch kind of men, the lefs you meddle or makewith them, why, the more is for your honefty. 2 Watch. If we know him to be a thief, fhallwe not lay hands on him ? DoGB. Truly, by your office, you may; but, Ithink, they that touch pitch will be defiled: themoll peaceable way for you, if you do take a thief,is, to let him fhow himfelf what he is, and fteal outof your company. Verg. You have been always called a mercifulman, partner. DoGB. Truly, I would not hang a dog by mywill; much more a man who hath any honefly inhim. Verg. If you hear a c
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