Note II.
II. 1. 13, 14. The first Folio reads here:
'He hath beene in vnusuall Pleasure,
And sent forth great Largesse to your Offices.'
The second, followed substantially by the third and fourth:
'He hath beene in unusuall pleasure.
And sent forth a great Largesse to your Offices.'
Rowe altered 'Offices' to 'Officers.'
Pope reads:
'He hath to-night been in unusual pleasure,
And sent great largess to your officers.'
'To-night' was first introduced in Davenant's Version.
This reading was adopted by subsequent editors down to Capell, inclusive. Steevens (1773) has:
'He hath been in unusual pleasure;
Sent forth great largess to your officers.'
Jennens first adopted the arrangement given in our text, though he retained Rowe's emendation 'officers.'