Illustrations of Shakespeare And of Ancient Manners With Dissertations On the
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5. Both Camden and Selden agree that the title of Grace began about the time of Henry the Fourth, and of excellent Orace under Henry the Sixth. KING HENRY VI. PART II. 321 Scene 1. Page 91. York I have seen him Caper upright like a wild Morisco, Shaking the bloody darts as he his bells. However just Dr. Johnson's explanation of Morisco may- be in an etymological point of view, it is at least doubtful whether it mean in this place a real or even personated Moor. Nothing more may be intended than... simply a performer in a morris dance. It may be likewise doubted whether in the English morris dance, a single Moorish character was ever introduced. The quotation from Junius is extremely per- plexing ; yet it must be remembered that he was a foreigner, and speaking perhaps conjecturally. Scene 2. Page 96. K. Hen Come, basilisk, And kill the innocent gazer with thy sigJit. Bartholomseus, with whom it has been shown that Shak- speare was well acquainted, speaking of the basilisk or cock- atrice, says, " In his sight no fowle nor birde passeth harme- lesse, and though he be farre from the foule, yet it is burnt and devoured by his mouth ....
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