To propagate their states."—Timon, i. 1.
"Griefs of my own lie heavy in my breast,
Which thou wilt propagate, to have it press'd,
With more of thine."—Rom. and Jul. i. 1.
"To give thanks to the gods of Rome,
That for the propagation of the empire
Vouchsafe us one to govern it like themselves."
Massinger, Rom. Actor. i. 3.
And portions—as we learn by Sir Moth Interest in Jonson's Magnetic Lady—used to double in seven years. The same play would also justify Malone's reading, as guardians were not always willing to part with dowers in their hands. Perhaps for 'of a dower' we should read 'of her dower,' for the h in her not being pronounced, and the r but slightly, the printer might easily make the mistake; so also 'coffer' should probably be 'coffers.'