[377] This speech was added in ed. 2.
[378] Ed. 2. “in middest.”
[379] Added in ed. 2.
[380] “O the father ... my dear Castilio” (ll. 256-303).—This passage was added in ed. 2.
[381] Old ed. “on.”
[382] Old ed. “burstes.”
[383] An allusion to Baldessar Castiglione, author of the famous book of manners, Il Cortese, which was translated into English (in 1561) by Sir Thomas Hoby.
[384] Ed. 1. “insinuating.”
[385] Ed. 1. “lights.”
[386] “What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason! how infinite in faculties! in form, and moving, how express and admirable! in action, how like an angel! in apprehension, how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals!”—Hamlet, act ii. sc. 2.