Definition of "himselve" [him•selve]

• Obsolete form of himself. (pronoun)

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• "Two in Shakespeare — and I see that one of these: “And every one to rest themselves betakes,” from the poem Lucrece was actually published in the original 1594 edition, and a second edition, as “And every one to rest himselve betakes,” being changed — by author? by printer?"
• "So little on the subject exists in these “studies” that Balhorn is reduced to giving a prominent place, in quotes, to the same Shakespeare quote from Lucrece that I have previously noted, without bothering to mention that “themselves” was originally written as “himselve,” so that it barely counts as a real instance atall."
• "Two in Shakespeare — and I see that one of these: “And every one to rest themselves betakes,” from the poem Lucrece was actually published in the original 1594 edition, and a second edition, as “And every one to rest himselve betakes,” being changed — by author?"