FOOTNOTES:
[207] And the sad sullenness of a griev'd dislike is the reading of the 4o. The article was omitted by Mr Reed for the sake of the measure.—Collier.
[208] Be lucky villany is necessary for the measure, and is conformable to the old copies. Mr Reed permitted the misprint to stand, and did not regulate the verse as it required.—Collier.
[209] See the present vol., p. 213, and Mr Steevens's note on "Romeo and Juliet," act i. sc. 4.
[210] The 4o, 1608, has it, I pleas'd, and the reprint of 1633 implicitly follows all blunders, and adds others peculiar to itself.—Collier.
[211] Inordinate and base desires—both quartos.
[212] In the last edition it was printed—
"And sloth in my conceit
Is but a type or pride in best constitutions."
which is neither sense nor metre. The old copies are uniform for the restored reading.—Collier.
[213] [Fairness.]
[214] [Old copy, is full]
[215] [Edits., To.]
[216] In the two 4o copies of this play the latter part of the speech stands thus:—Only for this world's mammon, which is great name and riches, like a string between a galley-slave's legs, is the only ease of their fetters. Mr. Reed introduced the improvement.—Collier.
[217] [Old copies, loaden.]
[218] This game is often mentioned in our ancient writers, and what immediately follows sufficiently explains the nature of it.
[219] Places where roses grow in great abundance.
"Biferique rosaria Pæsti."—Virg.
—Steevens.
[220] i.e., Throw away a card.—Steevens.
[221] [Without injuring my hand.]