The comedies, histories, tragedies, and poems of William Shakspere . [ Corinth.] ILLUSTRATIONS. ACT I. Scene I. It hath in solemn synods been decreed,Both hy the Syracusans and ourselves,To admit no traffic in our adverse toivns :Nay, more. If any, born at Ejjhesus,? Be seen at any Syracusan marts and , If any Syracusan to the bay of Ephesus, he dies,His goods confiscate to the dukes disjjose ;Unless a thousand marJcs be levied,To quit the penalty, and to ransom him. The offence which Mgeon had committed,and the penalty which he had incurred, aiepointed out witli a minuten
The comedies, histories, tragedies, and poems of William Shakspere . [ Corinth.] ILLUSTRATIONS. ACT I. Scene I. It hath in solemn synods been decreed,Both hy the Syracusans and ourselves,To admit no traffic in our adverse toivns :Nay, more. If any, born at Ejjhesus,? Be seen at any Syracusan marts and , If any Syracusan to the bay of Ephesus, he dies,His goods confiscate to the dukes disjjose ;Unless a thousand marJcs be levied,To quit the penalty, and to ransom him. The offence which Mgeon had committed,and the penalty which he had incurred, aiepointed out witli a minuteness, by which thepoet doubtless intended to convey his sense ofthe. gross injustice of such enactments. In The Taming of the Shrew, written most pro-bably about the same period as The Comedyof Errors, the jealousies of commercial states,exhibiting themselves in violent decrees andimpracticable regulations, are also depicted bythe same powerful hand :— Tra. What countryman, I pray ? Fed. Of Mantua. Tra. Of Mantua, sir ?—marry, God forbid!And come to Padua, ca
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