was killed for the Prodigall: he that came behind you, sir, like an evill angell and bid you forsake his liberty." Direct Scripture references in incident and word— Gen. ii. 15-"Then the Lorde God tooke the man and put him into the garden of Eden that he might dresse and keepe it.” Gen. ii. 25—“ And they were both naked." Gen. iii. 7—“ And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves breeches." Col. iii. 9, 10—“"Ye have put off the olde man with his works, and have put on the new" (where the reference is to the casting off and putting on of apparel). The sergeant was dressed in buff, hence "skin" or "naked." Luke xv. 23-" And bring the fat calfe and kill him." Act IV. iii. 29-Dro. Syr. "Ay sir, the sergeant of the band; he that brings any man to answer it that breaks his band; one that thinks a man always going to bed, and says 'God give you good rest!"" Ant. S. "Well, sir, there rest in your foolery. Is there any ship puts forth to-night? may we be gone? Dro. S. "Why sir, I brought you word an hour since, that the bark Expedition put forth to-night; and then were you hindered by the sergeant to tarry for the hoy Delay. Here are the angels that you sent for to deliver you." Ant. S. "The fellow is distract, and so am I And here we wander in illusions : Some blessed power deliver us from hence." Compare the incident of the release of the Apostle Peter from prison. Acts xii. 6-"The same night slept Peter between two souldiers, bound with two chaines, and the keepers before the doore kept the prison." 9-"So Peter came out and followed him, and knew not that it was true, which was done by the Angell but thought he had seene a vision." II-"Now when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I knowe for a truth, that the Lord hath sent his Angel and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod." 14-" And when she knew Peter's voyce, she opened not the entrie door for gladness, but ranne in, and tolde how Peter stood before the entrie. But they said unto her, Thou art mad. Yet she affirmed it constantly that it was so. Then said they, It is his Angel." Act IV. iii. 46-Ant. S. "Satan avoid! I charge thee, tempt me not!" Dro. S. "Master, is this Mistress Satan ?" Ant. S. "It is the devil." Dro. S. "Nay, she is worse, she is the devil's dam, and here she comes in the habit of a light wench. It is written, they appear to men like angels of light: light is an effect of fire, and fire will burn." Matt. iv. 10" Get thee hence, Satan, it is written-Thou shalt not tempt." Rev. xii. 9-" That old serpent called the Devil and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world." 2 Cor. xi. 14-" And no marveile: for Satan himselfe is transformed into an Angel of Light. Therefore it is no great thing, though his ministers transforme themselves." Act IV. iii. 56—Courtezan. “Your man and you are marvellous merry, sir. Will you go with me? we'll mend our dinner here." Dro. S. "Master, if you do, expect spoon-meat, or bespeak a long spoon." Ant. S. "Why, Dromio?" Dro. S. "Marry, he must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil," For parallel thought see Prov. v. 3.-"The lips of a strange woman droppe as an honycombe, and her mouth is more soft than oyle. But the ende of her is bitter as wormwood, and sharpe as a two-edged sword. Her feete goe downe to death, and her steps take holde on hell.” Act IV. iii. 73 Dro. S. "But she, more covetous, would have a chaine. Master, be wise: an if you give it her The devil will shake her chaine, and fright us with it." Direct Scripture reference Rev. xx. 1, 2—“A great chaine in his hand. And he tooke the dragon, that olde serpent, which is the devill and Satan, and he bound him a thousand yeres. After that he must be loosed for a little season." Jude 6-" The Angels also which kept not their first estate but left their owne habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chaines." Act IV. iv. 19-Officer. "Good sir, be patient." Dro. E. "Nay, tis for me to be patient: I am in adversity.” For parallel thought and word, see James v. 10-"Take, my brethren, the Prophets for an ensample of suffering adversitie, and of long patience. Yee have heard of the patience of Job." Act IV. iv. 55— Pinch. "I charge thee, Satan, hous'd within this man, And to thy state of darkness hie thee straight I conjure thee by all the saints in heaven." Ant. E. "Peace doting wizard peace, I am not mad." Compare the New Testament narrative of the unclean spirits. Matt. xii. 44-"Then he (the unclene spirit) sayeth, I wil returne unto my house, from whence I came out." Mark ix. 25-" I charge thee come out of him, and enter no more into him." Jude 13-"To whome is reserved the blacknesse of darknesse for ever." Matt. xvii. 21-" Howbeit this kinde goeth not out, but by prayer and fasting." Act IV. iv. 92 Pinch. "Mistress, both master and man is possessed; me." They must be bound, and laid in some dark room." 106-Adr. "O bind him, bind him! let him not come near Pinch. "More company! the fiend is strong within him." Rheims "Vexed of the devill," does not use the word Tyn., Cran., Gen., Auth.-" Possessed with the devil." Mark v. 1-15-Compare the whole incident. 3, 4-"No man could bind him, no not with chaines. Because that when he was often bound with fetters and chaines, he plucked the chaines asunder and brake the fetters in pieces, neither could any man tame him." 9-" My name is Legion, for we are many." Act V. i. 69 Abbess. "The venom clamours of a jealous woman Poisons more deadly than a mad dogges tooth. It seemes his sleepes were hindered by thy railing Thou saiest his meate was sawc'd with thy upbraidings, For remote parallels see Song of Sol. viii. 6—“ Jealousy is cruel as the grave.” Prov. xv. 17-"Better is a dinner of greene herbes where love is, then a stalled oxe and hatred therewith." Prov. xvii. I-"Better is a dry morsell if peace be with it." "Sweet recreation barred, what doth ensue, Kinsman to grim and comfortless despair, Ecclus. xxx. 21, 22—“ Give not over thy mind unto heavinesse, and vexe not thyselfe in thine owne counsell. The joy of the heart is the life of man, and a man's gladness is the prolonging of his dayes." 24-"Envie and wrath shorten the life, and carefulnesse bringeth age before the time." Act V. i. 109 Adriana. "I will not hence, and leave my husband here; To separate the husband and the wife." Scripture references Gen. ii. 24-" Therefore shal man leave his father and his mother and shall cleave to his wife and they shalbe one flesh." Matt. xix. 6—" And Jesus said, Wherefore they are no more twaine, but one flesh. Let no man therefore put asunder that which God hath coupled together." I Thess. i. 6-"Ye became followers of us and of the Lord." ROMEO AND JULIET. Shakespeare's first Tragedy, probably composed in 1592, and printed 1597 from an imperfect acting copy; a second quarto printed from an authentic version was published in 1599. Act I. i. 21 Sampson. "Tis true; and therefore, women being the weaker vessels." Direct Scripture reference 1 Peter iii. 7—"Giving honour to the wife as to the weaker vessel." Act I. i. 69-"You know not what you do." Luke xxiii. 34-"They know not what they do." Act I. iv. 112 "But He, that hath the steerage of my course For Scriptural parallel see Prov. xvi. 9-"The heart of man purposeth his way: but the Lord doth direct his steppes." Prov. iii. 6—“In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy wayes." Act I. v. 3-2nd Servant. "When good manners shall lie all in one or two men's hands, and they unwashed too, 'tis a foul thing." Reference to the words in the Gospel Mark vii. 2, 5-" And when they sawe some of his disciples eate meate with common hands (that is to say unwashen) they complained." Act I. v. 28 "Oh speake againe bright Angell, for thou art As glorious to this night being ore my head As is a winged messenger of heaven |