Still seem as doth the king's."

Tyrwhitt read 'king'; Coleridge countenances for 'courtiers.' It is better to suppose a word effaced at the end of the second line; so I add faces. A few lines lower they are said to 'wear their faces to the bent of the kings looks.'

"Mais ceux qui de la cour ont un plus long usage,

Sur les yeux de César composent leur visage."

Racine, Britan. v. 5.


"To his mistress,

For whom he now is banish'd ... her own price."


Sc. 2.