{"id":"01KG8B16CCEYK67VPCXTJNKC4Z","cid":"bafkreicwue6rnnt2byxrfoh2g6ygb765rsifkfvh3kwjqjh22sr2gc67r4","type":"file","properties":{"cid":"bafkreibswrioiwv6h2doga7di4tpl7ujtmny4ho5aejaa4jpc2fhqkpn5m","content_type":"image/jpeg","filename":"03_merry_wives_of_windsor_1905_page_0209.jpg","height":1778,"key":"pdf-page-1769806534355-c9wo5kspkxb","label":"03_merry_wives_of_windsor_1905_page_0209.jpg","page_number":209,"pdf_type":"born_digital","size":316591,"text":"Scene V] Notes 203\nIn a poem in Poole's English Parnassus, Mab is spoken of as —\n\" She that pinches country wenches,\nIf they rub not clean their benches ;\nAnd with sharper nails remembers,\nWhen they rake not up the embers ; \"\nand in a song in the same volume we find these stanzas : —\n\" And if the house be foul,\nOr platter, dish, or bowl,\nUp stairs we nimbly creep.\nAnd find the sluts asleep ;\nThen we pinch their arms and thighs,\nNone escapes, nor none espies.\nBut if the house be swept.\nAnd from uncleanness kept,\nWe praise the household maid,\nAnd surely she is paid ;\nFor we do use before we go\nTo drop a tester in her shoe.\"\n50. Wink. Shut my eyes; a common meaning in S. See\n2 Hen. IV. i. 3. 33, Hen, V. ii. i. 8, iii. 7. 153, v. 2. 327, etc.\n53. Raise up the organs of her fantasy. Warburton assumes\nthat this must mean ** inflame her imagination with sensual ideas,\"\nand therefore changes Raise to \" Rein ; \" but, as Steevens says, the\nmeaning may be \" elevate her ideas above sensuality, exalt them to\nthe noblest contemplation.\" Malone paraphrases the passage thus :\n\" Go you, and wherever you find a maid asleep that hath thrice\nprayed to the Deity, though, in consequence of her innocence, she\nsleep as soundly as an infant, elevate her fancy, and amuse her\ntranquil mind with some delightful vision.\" Clarke also explains\nthe passage as = \" exalt her imagination by pleasant dreams.\"\nHudson, on the other hand, says that '■^fantasy here stands for\nsensual desire, the 'sinful fantasy' reproved afterwards in the\nfairies' song ; \" and White takes the same ground. I cannot see\nVfhy fantasy should be = sinful fantasy, when it has no such sense","text_extracted_at":"2026-01-30T20:55:34.355Z","text_extracted_by":"pdf-processor","text_has_content":true,"text_source":"born_digital","uploaded":true,"width":1084},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG89K4N3KNPAGDJAVRPVWBA4","predicate":"derived_from"},{"peer":"01KG89JREDR8WY5QQGYR5FZRDY","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"}],"ver":2,"created_at":"2026-01-30T20:55:35.052Z","ts":"2026-01-30T20:55:37.366Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFFH6ETXGRVD10WPNP3007D6"}}