[I, ii, 21–3]. Nor now ... that I vndertooke, forsake it.—The expression is elliptical, the verb of the preceding period being in the future indicative—whereas here the incomplete verb is in the conditional mood. In full: Nor now ... that I undertook, would I forsake it.
[I, ii, 56]. determine of—of is the preposition in obs. usage which follows determine used, as here, in the sense of decide, come to a judicial decision, come to a decision on (upon). Cf. [IV, iv, 82].
[I, ii, 57]. to—in addition to.
[I, ii, 66]. become—modern editors, beginning with Mason, read became; but become may be taken as a variant form of the past tense (or even as participle for having become, with nom. absolute construction, though this is less likely).
[I, ii, 91–2]. May force you ... plead at—i. e. “may cause your dismissal from the bar.”
[I, ii, 107]. purple-colour’d—Novall wears the official red robe of judge.
[I, ii, 123–4]. the subtill Fox of France, The politique Lewis—Louis XI of France, an old enemy of Burgundy.
[I, ii, 127]. If that, etc.—Gradually, as the interrogatives were recognized as relatives, the force of that, so, as, in “when that”, “when so”, “when as”, seems to have tended to make the relative more general and indefinite; “who so” being now nearly (and once quite) as indefinite as “whosoever.”... In this sense, by analogy, that was attached to other words, such as “if”, “though”, “why”, etc.—Abbott, S. G. § 287.
Cf.
“If that rebellion