[He'll be hang'd yet;
Though every drop of water swear against it,
And gape at wid'st to glut him.]
Shakespeare probably wrote, _t'englut him, to swallow him_; for which I
know not that _glut_ is ever used by him. In this signification
_englut_, from _engloutir_, French, occurs frequently, as in _Henry VI_.
"--Thou art so near the gulf
Thou needs must be _englutted_."
And again in _Timon_ and _Othello_. Yet Milton writes _glutted offal_ for
_swallowed_, and therefore perhaps the present text may stand.
I.i.65 (7,1) [Farewell, brother!] All these lines have been hitherto
given to Gonzalo, who has no brother in the ship. It is probable
that the lines succeeding the _confused noise within_ should be
considered as spoken by no determinate characters, but should be
printed thus.
1 _Sailor_. Mercy on us!
We split, we split!