Barrabas THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, iv. 1. 291. This name was, I believe,
invariably made short in the second syllable by the poetical writers of Shakespeare's days.
(In Marlowe's Jew of Malta,“Barrăbas” occurs many times; and compare Taylor:
“These are the brood of Barrabas, and these
Can rob, and be let loose againe at ease.”
A Thiefe, p. 120,—Workes, 1630; and Fennor: “Thou Barrabas of all humanitie,
Base slanderer of Christianitie.”
Defence, etc., p. 153,—id. )
Can rob, and be let loose againe at ease.”
A Thiefe, p. 120,—Workes, 1630; and Fennor: “Thou Barrabas of all humanitie,
Base slanderer of Christianitie.”
Defence, etc., p. 153,—id. )
