And by that destiny—to perform an act."
Though in my Edition I have not altered the text, I think we should read 'from whom coming' with Singer; 'we were all,' and 'cast up.' Musgrave proposed 'destin'd,' which is probably right. Rowe, followed by the other editors, omitted 'that' in the first line.
"Twenty consciences
That stand 'twixt me and Milan, candied be they
And melt ere they molest!"
I must confess I do not clearly understand this passage. Surely as he was, as he had just said, in actual possession of Milan, his conscience could not 'stand' between him and it. Perhaps, however, we are to view 'stand' as in the conjunctive mood, and expressing a condition. Neither do I see clearly the meaning of 'candied' and 'melt' in this place.
"That's verily. 'Tis best we stand upon our guard."
Pope's reading, verity, is most certain. "'Tis verity, I assure you" (Mass. New Way, etc. i. 1).