Can fodden water,

A drench for fur-reyn'd jades, their barley broth, Decoct their cold blood to fuch valiant heat? Henry V. A. 3, S.

BODY.

This common body,

Like to a vagabond flag upon the stream,
Goes to, and back, lackying the varying tide,
To rot itself with motion.

5.

Antony and Cleopatra, A. 1, S. 4.

The publick body,-which doth seldom

Play the recanter,-feeling in itself

A lack of Timon's aid, hath sense withal

Of its own fall, restraining aid to Timon';

And fends forth us to make their forrow'd render.

Timon, A. 5, S. 2.

I once did lend my body for his wealth 3.

Merchant of Venice, A. 5, S. 1.

A drench for fur-reyn'd jades.] The exact meaning of fur reyn'd I do not know. It is common to give horfes over-ridden, or feverish, ground malt and hot water mixed, which is called a mah. To this he alludes. JOHNSON. Sur-reyn'd" is old, worn-out. The French word furanné Anglicifed, and then corrupted. It should be printed furan'd.

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A. B.

reftraining aid to Timon.] I think it should be refraining aid, that is, with-holding aid that should have been given to Timon.

I believe we should read the paffage thus:

feeling in itself

A lack of Timon's aid: and fenfe withal,
Of its own fall---reftraining aid for Timon,
Now fends us forth, &c.

JOHNSON.

Refraining feems to be used in the fenfe of keeping, referving.

A. B.

-for his wealth.] For his advantage; to obtain his hap

JOHNSON.

pinefs. It would perhaps be better to read "for his health," i. e. for his good, for his welfare.

A. B.

BOND.

BON D.

If every ducat in fix thousand ducats
Were in fix parts, and every part a ducat,
I would not draw them, I would have my

bond.

I

Merchant of Venice, A. 4, S. 1. Till thou can'ft rail the feal from off my bond, Thou but offend'ft thy lungs to speak fo loud: Repair thy wit, good youth, or it will fall To cureless ruin.

Merchant of Venice, A. 4, S. 1.

I'll have my bond; I will not hear thee speak:
I'll have my bond; and therefore fpeak no more,
I'll not be made a foft and dull-ey'd fool,

To shake the head, relent, and figh, and yield
To Chriftian interceffors.

Merchant of Venice, A. 3, S. 3.

Speak not against my bond;

I have fworn an oath, that I will have my bond:
Thou call'dft me dog, before thou hadst a cause;
But, fince I am a dog, beware my fangs.

Merchant of Venice, A. 3, S. 3.
By our holy fabbath have I sworn,

bond:

To have the due and forfeit of my
If you deny it, let the danger light
Upon your charter, and your city's freedom.

Merchant of Venice, A. 4, S. 1.

A bankrupt, a prodigal, who dare fcarce fhow his head on the Rialto;-a beggar that used to come fo fmug upon the mart; let him look to his bond: he was wont to call me ufurer; let him look to his bond: he was wont to lend money for a Christian courtefy;-let him look to his bond.

Merchant of Venice, A. 3, S. 1.

Haft cleans'd my bofom; I from thee departed
Thy penitent reform'd. Winter's Tale, A. 1, S. 2.
But, howsoever thou purfu'ft this act,

Taint not thy mind, nor let thy foul contrive
Against thy mother aught; leave her to heaven,
And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge,
To prick and fting her.

Hamlet, A. 1, S. 5.

Time was, I did him a defired office,
Dear almost as his life; which gratitude

Through flinty Tartar's bofom would peep forth,
And answer thanks.

All's well that ends well, A. 4, S. 4.

OUNT Y.

Evermore thanks, the exchequer of the poor;
Which, till my infant fortune comes to years,
Stands for my bounty. Richard II. A. 2, S. 3.

For his bounty,

There was no winter in't; an autumn 'twas,
That grew the more by reaping: his delights
Were dolphin-like; they fhew'd his back above.
The element they liv'd in: in his livery

Walk'd crowns, and crownets.

Antony and Cleopatra, A. 5, S. 2. Tell me, my daughters,

(Since now we will diveft us, both of rule,

Interest of territory, cares of state),

Which of you, fhall we fay, doth love us moft?
That we our largest bounty may extend

Where nature doth with merit challenge'.

Lear, A. 1, S. 1.

Where nature doth with merit challenge.] Where the claim of merit is fuperadded to that of nature, or where a fuperior degree of natural affection is joined to the claim of other merits. STEEVENS. 66 Challenge," in this place, feems to be rivalry, competition. "Where nature doth with merit challenge"---where nature and merit are contending for fuperiority. A. B.

I thank thee, king,

For thy great bounty, that not only giv❜st
Me cause to wail, but teachest me the way
How to lament the cause. Richard II. A. 4, S. 1.

Ufe every man after his defert, and who fhall 'fcape whipping? Ufe them after your own honour and dignity: the lefs they deferve, the more merit is in your bounty. Hamlet, A. 2, S. 2.

--I prefume,

That, as my hand has open'd bounty to you,

My heart dropp'd love, my power rain'd honour

more

On you, than any; fo your hand, and heart,
Your brain, and every function of your power,
Should, notwithstanding that your bond of duty,
As 'twere in love's particular, be more

To me, your friend, than any.

Henry VIII. A. 3,

S. 2.

BOUR N.

From the dread fummit of this chalky bourn:
Look up a height ;-the fhrill gorg'd lark fo far
Cannot be seen or heard: do but look up.

Lear, A. 4, S. 6.

Chalky bourn.] Bourn feems here to fignify a bill. Its common fignification is a brook. Milton, in Čomus, ufes boky bourn, in the fame fenfe, perhaps, with Shakespeare. But in both authors it may mean only a boundary. JOHNSON.

"Chalky bourn"--we fhould read "borne," a boundary, to diftinguish it from bourn, a brook or river. Bourn, as Dr. Johnfon obferves, is in this place a hill.

Hills, it is well known, ferve in several parts of the world as boundaries of particular countries, fuch are the Alps, the Pyrenees, &c. &c. The term borne, therefore, which originally fignified nothing more than boundary, was at length corruptedly employed to fignify the hill itself-and thence "chalky borne," "bolky "borne," &c.

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A. B.

BOW

BOWEL S.

I do retort the folus in thy bowels:

For I can take.'

Henry V. A. 2, S. 1.

BO Y.

There's nothing here that is too good for him,
But only fhe; and fhe deferves a lord,

That twenty fuch rude boys might tend upon,
And call her hourly, miftrefs.

All's well that ends well, A. 3,

I know them, yea,

S. 2.

And what they weigh, even to the utmost scruple: Scambling, out-facing, fafhion-mong'ring boys.

Much ado about nothing, A. 5, S. 1.

Good faith, this fame young fober blooded boy doth not love me; nor a man cannot make him laugh; but that's no marvel, he drinks no wine, There's never any of thefe demure boys come to any Henry IV. P. 2, A. 4, S. 3.

proof.

- Shall a beardless boy,
A cocker'd filken wanton brave our fields,
And flesh his spirit in a warlike foil,

Mocking the air with colours idly spread,
And find no check?

King John, A. 5, S. 1,

Hubert, throw thine eye

On yon young boy: I'll tell thee what, my friend,
He is a very ferpent in my way;

And, wherefoe'er this foot of mine doth tread,
He lies before me.

3,

S. 3.

King John, A. Father Cardinal, I have heard you say,

1 For I can take.] I know not well what he can take. The quarto reads talk. In our author to take is fometimes to blast, which fenfe may ferve in this place. JOHNSON. "Take" is undoubtedly the true reading. The meaning is, --I am not to be bullied, I am not to be affronted with impunity.

A. B.

That