"Is wicked meaning in a lawful deed,

And lawful meaning in a lawful act."

If we were not aware of the abjectness of printer-worship, we might wonder at Warburton's most certain correction wicked for the last 'lawful' not having been adopted by every editor.


Act IV.

Sc. 1.

"And buy me another of Bajazet's mule, if you prattle me into these perils."

Warburton read mute for 'mule,' and I think he was right. We have "Turkish mute" (Hen. V. i. 2).