Note 18 — NEW READINGS IN SHAKESPEARE.[16]

This expression, “to cry aim,” occurs, in a serious application, in the following lines from “King John,” Act II. Scene 1:—

“K. Philip.—Peace, lady; pause or be more temperate:

It ill beseems this presence, to cry aim

To these ill-tuned repetitions”—

that is, to give encouragement to these ill-tuned wranglings.