I.i.37 (361,8) And not by old gradation] [W: Not (as of old)] Old gradation, is gradation established byancient practice. Where is the difficulty?
I.i.39 (361,9) If I in any just term am affin'd] Affine is the reading of the third quarto and the first folio. The second quarto and all the modern editions have assign'd. The meaning is, Do I stand within any such terms of propinquit or relation to the Moor, as that it is my duty to love him?
I.i.49 (362,1) honest knaves] Knave is here for servant, but with a mixture of sly contempt.
I.i.63 (362,2) In compliment extern] In that which I do only for an outward shew of civility.
I.i.76 (363,3) As when, by night and negligence, the fire/Is spied in populous cities] [Warburton, objecting to "by": Is spred] The particle is used equivocally; the same liberty is taken by writers more correct.
The wonderful creature! a woman of reason!
Never grave out of pride, never gay out of season.
I.i.115 (364,4) What profane wretch art thou?] That is, what wretch of gross and licentious language? In that sense Shakespeare often uses the word profane.
I.i.124 (365,6) this odd even] The even of night is midnight, the time when night is divided into even parts.
I.i.149 (366,7) some check] Some rebuke.