Note 303 — PART III. BOYHOOD AND GIRLHOOD. (continued 2)
Reading edition
Shakspeare knew the great importance of not crowding around a patient who has fainted. He says:
“So play the foolish throngs with one that swoons;
Come all to help him, and so stop the air
By which he should revive.”
Measure for Measure, Act ii. sc. 4.