Merchant of Venice. - Repositories
Merchant of Venice. - Repositories Merchant of Venice. - Repositories
122 NOTES [ACT i. trunk-hose, stockings, and shoes. Over his shoulders would be a large cape of silk or brocade, with a collar ; around his neck and wrists ruffs ; on his head a cap of some becoming shape, and on his hands gloves. Knight thinks that Bassanio would be similarly attired, but with somewhat more splendor apparently. His doublet and hose would be slashed into openings shaped like stars or crosses, and through these slashes would be seen brilliant silk linings. Gold buttons, lace, and velvet would add to the richness of his lover's outfit. [In the text a small mark, ^'°", is placed after words or phrases commented upon in the notes. The numerals below refer to the numbers of the lines. Until the end of the second scene no references are made to the metre, as this matter should not be considered at the very beginning of the play — not until the language has grown a little familiar, and the characters have won the student's interest.] 1. 2. It. What ? 1. 3. caught it, found it, came by it. Are these three expressions synonymous ? 1. 6. want-wit. Of the several meanings given in the dictionary for wit^ which is the one intended here ? 1. 8. ocean. Pronounce as a trisyllable. 1. 9. argosies. Large merchantmen, probably so named from the Adriatic port, Ragusa. Some scholars have maintained that the word argosy has some connection with Argo^ the name of the ship in which Jason (I., i., 172) sailed for the Golden Fleece, but no reference to the ship Argo is traceable in the early usie of the word.
SCENE 1.] NOTES 123 L 10. signiors. Gentlemen. 1.10. burghers. Citizens. 1.11. pageants. The movable stages which were drawn around the streets in Shakespeare's day, and on which plays were acted or tableaux presented. They were similar to the "floats" in our modern street processions. 1. 13. curtesy. What would cause ''the petty traffickers" really to appear to " curt'sy " ? 1,14. What comparison is implied in this line ? What alliteration is there ? 1.17. abroad. Cf. Matt. vi. 21. " For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." 1. 17. still. Always. Note that the word frequently has this meaning in Shakespeare. 1.18. Plucking the grass. Would a Venetian be likely to talk much about grass ? 1.19. roads. In the name of what harbor in the United States is this word still preserved with the meaning intended here? I 28. Vailing. Lowering, dipping. 1. 29. burial. What other word is usually in compound with this when the meaning is the one here intended ? 1. 35. this. Salarino accompanies this word with some gesture expressive of the great value of the ship's cargo. L 36. thought. Power of mind or of imagination.
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SCENE 1.] NOTES 123<br />
L 10. signiors.<br />
Gentlemen.<br />
1.10. burghers. Citizens.<br />
1.11. pageants. The movable stages which were drawn<br />
around the streets in Shakespeare's day, and on which plays<br />
were acted or tableaux presented. They were similar to the<br />
"floats" in our modern street processions.<br />
1. 13. curtesy. What would cause ''the petty traffickers"<br />
really to appear to " curt'sy " ?<br />
1,14. What comparison is implied in this line ? What<br />
alliteration is there ?<br />
1.17. abroad. Cf. Matt. vi. 21. " For where your treasure<br />
is, there will your heart be also."<br />
1. 17. still. Always. Note that the word frequently has<br />
this meaning in Shakespeare.<br />
1.18. Plucking the grass. Would a Venetian be likely to<br />
talk much about grass ?<br />
1.19. roads. In the name <strong>of</strong> what harbor in the United<br />
States is this word still preserved with the meaning intended<br />
here?<br />
I 28. Vailing. Lowering, dipping.<br />
1. 29. burial. What other word is usually in compound<br />
with this when the meaning is the one here intended ?<br />
1. 35. this. Salarino accompanies this word with some gesture<br />
expressive <strong>of</strong> the great value <strong>of</strong> the ship's cargo.<br />
L 36. thought.<br />
Power <strong>of</strong> mind or <strong>of</strong> imagination.
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