...tale embroidered on the hem of Hero's sleeve: Her wide sleeves green, and bordered with a grove, Where Venus in her naked glory strove To please the careless...disdainful eyes Of proud Adonis that before her lies, (i,1 1-14) and the 'hot proud horse' an image of Leander's imperviousness to the counsel of his father...

...lawn, The lining purple silk with gilt stars drawn ; Her kirtle blue whereon was many a stain, Made by the blood of wretched lovers slain. Upon her head she ware a myrtle wreath, From whence her veil reached to the ground beneath: Her veil was artificial flowers and leaves, Whose workmanship both man...

...his beauty makes theirs seem tarnished. Marlowe also uses the word 'stain' effectively: eg 'Her kirde blue, whereon was many a stain / Made with the blood of wretched lovers slain' (HL 1.15-16), which plays on 'stain' as 'sign of guilt' and as 'embellishment'. Both he and Shakespeare...

...that "lovely fair was Hero" (I.45) is the intimation of a fatal violence embedded in that loveliness: "Her kirtle blue, whereon was many a stain / Made with the blood of wretched lovers slain" (I.15-16).14 Beside the claim that "far above the loveliest Hero shined" (I.103) is the intimation...

...1-14] he thus describes the lady's dress": Her wide sleeves green, and bordered with a grove, Where Venus in her naked glory strove To please the careless...and disdainful eyes Of proud Adonis that before her lies.1 Then in his ed. 1821 (pp. 87 f.) Malone quotes a song from Greene's novel, Greenes Neuer too...

...Adonis lurking on the hem of Hero's gown: i 1cr wide slveves green, and honlered with a grove, Where Venus in her naked glory strove To please the careless and disdainful eyes Of proud Adonis, thai hefore her lies.1 Shakespeare may plucked this detail from lalmnst literallyi the margin of Marlowe's...

...quotes some lines about Hero's very peculiar footwear, but omits those that immediately precede them: Her kirtle blue, whereon was many a stain Made with...head she ware a myrtle wreath, From whence her veil reached to the ground beneath. That is, she never changes her bloody garments because they testify...

...artistically depicting the Venus and Adonis myth: "Her wide sleeves greene, and bordered with a grove, / Where Venus in her naked glory strove / To please the careless and disdainful eies / Of proud Adonis that before her lies" (1. 11-14). Hero's complete attire - "myrtle wreath" (17)...

...lining purple silk, with gilt stars drawn; Her wide sleeves green, and bordered with a grove Where Venus in her naked glory strove To please the careless...head she ware a myrtle wreath, From whence her veil reached to the ground beneath: Her veil was artificial flowers and leaves, Whose workmanship both man...

...lining purple silk, with gilt stars drawn; Her wide sleeves green, and bordered with a grove Where Venus, in her naked glory strove To please the careless...Adonis, that before her lies; Her kirtle blue.... Upon her head she wore a myrtle wreath From whence her veil reached to the ground beneath; Her veil...