[38] [This, and the three following lines, are not in the MSS.]
[39] [In creeping thorough all her veins within, That she thereby shall raise much ruth and woe.—MS.]
[40] [This, and the five preceding lines, are not in the MSS.]
[41] [Lo, this before your eyes so will I show,
That ye shall justly say with one accord
We must relent and yield; for now we know
Love rules the world, love only is the lord.—MS.]
[42] [Hath taught me plain to know our state's unrest.—MS.]
[43] [O mighty Jove, O heavens and heavenly powers.—MS.]
[44] [This, and the next line, do not occur in the MSS.]
[45] [Thy sprite, I know, doth linger hereabout
And looks that I, poor wretch, should after come;
I would, God wot, my lord, if so I mought:
But yet abide, I may perhaps devise
Some way to be unburdened of my life,
And with my ghost approach thee in some wise
To do therein the duty of a wife.—MS.]
[46] These omissions are frequent in our old plays. See note on "Love's Labour Lost," edit. of Shakspeare, 1778, vol. ii. p. 410.—Steevens.
[47] In this manner the word was formerly accented. See Dr Farmer's "Essay on the Learning of Shakspeare."