{"id":"01KG8B16FPNAC5657R5SW0XEJ9","cid":"bafkreie46bxj7f4br7wlunkwm6juazmr3skvt2mtozf75xnuucjbgiwpxu","type":"file","properties":{"cid":"bafkreibdcuvclypavnnax3axiejhs7jof6qvzvaclehlzdhwzm6nuipzia","content_type":"image/jpeg","filename":"03_merry_wives_of_windsor_1905_page_0207.jpg","height":1778,"key":"pdf-page-1769806534354-e5odwpo85sn","label":"03_merry_wives_of_windsor_1905_page_0207.jpg","page_number":207,"pdf_type":"born_digital","size":330718,"text":"Scene V] Notes 20 1\nsuch as Merlin's, and others of his stamp, holding place in popular\nsuperstition, who were believed to have been born without father \"\n(Clarke). Cf. 2 Hen. IV. iv. 4. 122: \"Unfather'd heirs, and\nloathly births of nature.\" Warburton asks \" Why orphan heirs ?\nDestiny, to whom they succeeded, was in being.\" White replies :\n\"The fairies, however, were not Destiny's heirs or children, but\nthe inheritors of a fixed destiny. Freed from human vicissitudes\nand deprived of human aspirations, a fixed destiny was the estate to\nwhich they were heirs, not the being to whom they succeeded.\"\nEither this explanation or Clarke's (which is perhaps to be pre-\nferred, on account of the parallel passage in 2 Hen. IV.) amply\njustifies the retention of the folio reading, which others than\nWarburton have questioned.\n42. Quality. Profession; as in Hen. V. iii. 6. 146: \"What is\nthy name ? I know thy quality,\" etc.\n43. Hobgoblin. The Puck of the M. N. D. Cf. that play, ii. i.\n40: \"Those that Hobgoblin call you or sweet Puck,\" etc. Oyes —\noyez (hear), the beginning of the crier's proclamation, used at the\nopening of courts, etc.\n44. Toys ! Trifles. Cf. M. N. D. v. i. 3, A. Y. L. iii. 3. 77,\nW. T. iii. 3. 39, etc.\n46. Unrak'd. That is, not properly raked up, or put in order\nfor the night.\n47. Bilberry. The whortleberry ; mentioned by S. only here.\n48. On the fairy hatred of sluttery, cf. M. N. D.s. I. 396 : —\n\" I am sent with broom before\nTo sweep the dust behind the door \"\n(that is, where the careless maids neglect to sweep). Cf. also\nBrowne, Brit. Pastorals : —\n\" where oft the fairy queen\nAt twilight sat and did command her elves\nTo pinch those maids that had not swept their shelves ; \"","text_extracted_at":"2026-01-30T20:55:34.354Z","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":"2026-01-30T20:55:35.158Z","ts":"2026-01-30T20:55:37.520Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFFH6ETXGRVD10WPNP3007D6"}}