NOTES
I. ii. 91, 92. With that which, etc. 'With that learning which exceeded in value all popular estimates [of learning], save that it compelled me to live a retired life—whence rose the trouble in Prospero's career.
I. ii. 100–102. Who having, into truth, etc. A difficult passage. The general meaning seems clear: He had told the lie so often that, so far as his own memory was concerned, he had come to believe it.
I. ii. 169. Now I arise. A much disputed passage. There seems to be no reason for assuming that more is meant than the words state literally.
I. ii. 228. to fetch dew. Dew was to be fetched for use in some sort of incantation.
I. ii. 266. for one thing she did. Prospero does not specify the nature of the act; but there seems to be an implication that the witch was spared because of her pregnancy. Cf. Henry VI, Part 1, V. iv. 10 ff.
I. ii. 334. berries. The reference may possibly be to coffee.
I. ii. 351. In the Folios this speech is assigned to Miranda.
I. ii. 377, 378. kiss'd The wild waves whist. 'Kissed the wild waves into silence.'
II. i. 37. Ha, ha, ha! etc. In the Folios the second half of this speech, 'So you're paid,' is assigned to Antonio. In order to make sense out of the passage the words must be given to Sebastian, who, having lost the wager, pays with a laugh.
II. i. 41. He could not miss it. 'Uninhabitable as this island is, neither Adrian nor the rest could do without it, just then.' (Furness.)
II. i. 69. pockets. His pockets are, presumably, still damp and muddy.
