Flo. I am his instrument, but not his councillor.
Phil. Madam, be patient; that we do not know,
We have no cause to grieve at. As for envy's toil,
Let her even break her own gall with desire,
Our innocence is our prevention.
Be cheerful, madam, 'tis but some villain's sound,
Made only to amaze, not to confound.
And what must we do, my lord?
Flo. To prison are the words of my commission.
Phil. Then lead the way; he hath of grief no sense,
Whose conscience doth not know of his offence.
FOOTNOTES:
[207] And the sad sullenness of a griev'd dislike is the reading of the 4o. The article was omitted by Mr Reed for the sake of the measure.—Collier.
[208] Be lucky villany is necessary for the measure, and is conformable to the old copies. Mr Reed permitted the misprint to stand, and did not regulate the verse as it required.—Collier.
[209] See the present vol., p. 213, and Mr Steevens's note on "Romeo and Juliet," act i. sc. 4.
[210] The 4o, 1608, has it, I pleas'd, and the reprint of 1633 implicitly follows all blunders, and adds others peculiar to itself.—Collier.
[211] Inordinate and base desires—both quartos.