Illustrations of the fairy mythology of 'A midsummer night's dream' / edited by J.O. Halliwell.

Date:
1845
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Credit: Illustrations of the fairy mythology of 'A midsummer night's dream' / edited by J.O. Halliwell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ADDITIONAL NOTES. Page 1, line 1. Romance of Launfal.] I had no opportunity of col- lating this romance in proof, hut believe that the terminal contractions will be found to he accurately given. The MS. itself is occasionally un- certain and inaccurate in this respect, as indeed are most MSS. of the same period. Page 24, line 21. Lodlokest.] That is, most loathly. In Syr Ga- wayne, p. 99, we have the following line,— “ In the lyknes of Lucyfere, layeth este in helle.” as printed by Sir F. Madden; but, as this does not make very good sense, I should propose to read lathetheste, another form of the word just men- tioned, and which exactly suits the context of the whole passage. Page 131, line 10. Sops in wine.] That is, pinks. See a long article in Nares’s Glossary, in v. Page 245, line 23. Fairy king, from that tree skip.] To these lines I must plead guilty, but the other translations from Randolph are taken from an article on fairies in Leigh Hunt’s “ London Journal.” Page 266, line 4. As the stormy windes did blow.] A curious coinci- dence with a well-known line in a celebrated modern song.