Good sir, forsooth, or friend, or gentleman.
Forsooth, a term of which I do not well know the original meaning, was used to men as well as to women.
II.i.71 (198,5) Observe his inclination in yourself] HANMER reads, e'en yourself, and is followed by Dr. Warburton; but perhaps in yourself means, in your own person, not by spies.
II.i.112 (200,7) I had not quoted him] To quote is, I believe, to reckon, to take an account of, to take the quotient or result of a computation.
II.i.114 (201,8)
it as proper to our age
To cast beyond ourselves in our opinions,
As it is common for the younger sort
To lack discretion]
This is not the remark of a weak man. The vice of age is too much suspicion. Men long accustomed to the wiles of life cast commonly beyond themselves, let their cunning go further than reason can attend it. This is always the fault of a little mind, made artful by long commerce with the world.