"As the free element."
It is the air that is meant, which was called 'the element.' See on Tw. Night, i. 1, and on Temp. v. ad fin.
Act III.
Sc. 3.
"Save that they say the wars must make examples
Out of her best."
There is an error either in 'wars' or in 'her,' and perhaps the simplest correction is to read war. For 'her' Rowe, who is usually followed, read their. Singer reads the.