More laud than gilt o'er-dusted]
[T: give to ... laud than they will give to gold] This emendation has been received by the succeeding editors, but recedes too far from the copy. There is no other corruption than such as Shakespeare's incorrectness often resembles. He has omitted the article to in the second line: he should have written,
More laud than to gilt o'er-dusted. (1773) (rev. 1778, IX, 93, 7)
III.iii.189 (86,4) Made emulous missions] The meaning of mission seems to be dispatches of the gods from heaven about mortal business, such as often happened at the siege of Troy.
III.iii.197 (86,5) Knows almost every grain of Pluto's gold] For this elegant line the quarto has only,
Knows almost every thing.
III.iii.201 (86,7) (with which relation/Durst never meddle)] There is a secret administration of affairs, which no history was ever able to discover.
III.iii.230 (87,9)
Omission to do what is necessary
Seals a commission to a blank of danger]