[71] Cleft, rifted.
[72] Old eds. “unequal,” which Dilke explains to mean “the partial and unjust representative”—an explanation which I wholly fail to understand. Later in the present play ([p. 42, l. 309]) we have “unmatch’d mirrors of calamity.”
[73] Wilt.
[74] Dilke quotes appositely from Richard II.:—
“Rich. And, say, what store of parting tears were shed?
Aum. ’Faith none by me: except the north-east wind,
Which then blew bitterly against our faces,
Awak’d the sleepy rheum; and so, by chance,
Did grace our hollow parting with a tear.”
[75] “Our fashion is not curious,” i.e., Amazons do not stand on ceremony.
[76] Rossaline, seeing Antonio make way for her to pass, insists on giving him precedence. “No empty compliments! take the lead.”
ACT II.
SCENE I.
Palace of the Duke of Venice.