Note VI.
III. 2. 29-35. In these lines we have followed the arrangement of Steevens (1793), which with the exception of the fourth and fifth lines is the same as that of the Folios. The Folios divide the fourth and fifth lines thus:
'Vnsafe the while, that wee must laue
Our Honors in these flattering streames.'
Rowe read them:
'Unsafe the while, that we must lave our Honours
In these so flattering streams,
And make &c.'
Pope:
'Unsafe the while, that we must lave our honours
In these so flatt'ring streams, and make our faces
Vizards t'our hearts, disguising what they are.
Capell rearranged the whole passage thus:
'So shall I, love;
And so, I pray, be you: let your remembrance
Apply to Banquo; present him eminence, both
With eye and tongue: Unsafe the while, that we
Must lave our honours in these flattering streams;
And make our faces vizards to our hearts.
Disguising what they are.'
Steevens suggested that something was omitted, and proposed to read 'Unsafe the while it is for us, that we,' &c.