III.xii.18 (199,1) The circle of the Ptolemies] The diadem; the ensign of royalty.
III.xii.34 (199,2) how Antony becomes his flaw] That is, how Antony conforms himself to this breach of his fortune.
III.xiii.1 (200,3) Think, and die] [Hanmer: Drink] This reading, offered by sir T. Hanmer, is received by Dr. Warburton and Mr. Upton, but I have not advanced it into the page, not being convinced that it is necessary. Think, and die; that is, Reflect on your folly, and leave the world, is a natural answer.
III.xiii.9 (201,4) he being/The meered question] The meered question is a term I do not understand. I know not what to offer, except,
The mooted question.—
That is, the disputed point, the subject of debate. Mere is indeed a boundary, and the meered question, if it can mean any thing, may, with some violence of language, mean, the disputed boundary.
III.xiii.25 (202, 5)
I dare him therefore
To lay his gay comparisons apart
And answer me declin'd]