As Gifford says,
the allusion was doubtless more familiar in Jonson's day than
in our own.
the allusion was doubtless more familiar in Jonson's day than
in our own.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
149 MAN.
Sir, what doe you meane?
153 MAN. You must play faire, S^r. = 'I am not certain about
the latter of these two speeches, but it is perfectly unquestionable
that the former _must_ have been spoken by the husband
Fitzdottrel. '--C.
Cunningham may be right, but the change is unnecessary if
we consider Manly's reproof as occasioned by Fitzdottrel's
interruption.
=1. 6. 158, 9 No wit of man=
=Or roses can redeeme from being an Asse. = 'Here is an allusion to
the metamorphosis of Lucian into an _ass_; who being brought into
the theatre to shew tricks, recovered his human shape by eating some
_roses_ which he found there. See the conclusion of the treatise,
_Lucius, sive Asinus_. '--W.
See Lehman's edition, Leipzig, 1826, 6. 215.
As Gifford says,
the allusion was doubtless more familiar in Jonson's day than
in our own. The story is retold in Harsnet's _Declaration_
(p. 102), and Lucian's work seems to have played a rather important
part in the discussion of witchcraft.
=1. 6. 161 To scape his lading. = Cf. note 1. 4. 72.
=1. 6. 180 To other ensignes. = 'I. e. , to horns, the
Insignia of a cuckold.
153 MAN. You must play faire, S^r. = 'I am not certain about
the latter of these two speeches, but it is perfectly unquestionable
that the former _must_ have been spoken by the husband
Fitzdottrel. '--C.
Cunningham may be right, but the change is unnecessary if
we consider Manly's reproof as occasioned by Fitzdottrel's
interruption.
=1. 6. 158, 9 No wit of man=
=Or roses can redeeme from being an Asse. = 'Here is an allusion to
the metamorphosis of Lucian into an _ass_; who being brought into
the theatre to shew tricks, recovered his human shape by eating some
_roses_ which he found there. See the conclusion of the treatise,
_Lucius, sive Asinus_. '--W.
See Lehman's edition, Leipzig, 1826, 6. 215.
As Gifford says,
the allusion was doubtless more familiar in Jonson's day than
in our own. The story is retold in Harsnet's _Declaration_
(p. 102), and Lucian's work seems to have played a rather important
part in the discussion of witchcraft.
=1. 6. 161 To scape his lading. = Cf. note 1. 4. 72.
=1. 6. 180 To other ensignes. = 'I. e. , to horns, the
Insignia of a cuckold.
