. Illustrations of Shakespeare and of ancient manners : with dissertations on the clowns and fools of Shakespeare ; on the collection of popular tales entitled Gesta Romanorum, and on the English Morris dance. ACT V. Scene 1. Page 567- P. Hen. Of fickle changelings, and poor discontents,Which gape and rub the elbow, at the newsOf hurly burly innovation. The itching of the elbow, according to popular belief, de-noted an approaching change of some kind or other. Scene 4. Page 587. Hot and life times fool. Mr. Steevens could not very easily have supported hisopinion, that the allusion here is to
. Illustrations of Shakespeare and of ancient manners : with dissertations on the clowns and fools of Shakespeare ; on the collection of popular tales entitled Gesta Romanorum, and on the English Morris dance. ACT V. Scene 1. Page 567- P. Hen. Of fickle changelings, and poor discontents,Which gape and rub the elbow, at the newsOf hurly burly innovation. The itching of the elbow, according to popular belief, de-noted an approaching change of some kind or other. Scene 4. Page 587. Hot and life times fool. Mr. Steevens could not very easily have supported hisopinion, that the allusion here is to the fool in the ancientfarces, or in the representations called the Bance of death; T 274 ILLUSTRATIONS OF SIIAKSPEARE. a character which has been altogether misconceived in thecourse of the annotations on Shakspeare. Dr. Johnsons in-terpretation is much more natural and intelligible, and theallusion is certainly to the common or domestic fool, whowas retained for the express purpose of affording sport to hisstill more foolish employers. In this sense our author usesdeatJis fool, fortunes fool, and fates fool. ScEXE 5. Page Hen. EmhoweVd will I see thee by and by. An ingenious commentator on Mr.
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