II.i.116 (425,2) by kind] That is, by nature, which is the old signification of kind.
II.ii (425,3) Changes to a Forest] The division of this play into acts, which was first made by the editors in 1623, is improper. There is here an interval of action, and here the second act ought to have begun.
II.iii.8 (427,6)
And so repose, sweet gold, for their unrest,
That have their alms out of the empress' chest]
This is obscure. It seems to mean only, that they who are to come at this gold of the empress are to suffer by it.
II.iii.72 (430,9) swarth Cimmerian] Swarth is black. The Moor is called Cimmerien, from the affinity of blackness to darkness.
II.iii.85 (430,1)
Bas. The king, my brother, shall have note of this.
Lav. Ay, for these slips have made him noted long]