101. S. uses [set abroach] only in a bad sense. Cf. 2 Hen. IV. iv. 2. 14: "Alack, what mischiefs might be set abroach;" and Rich. III. i. 3. 325: "The secret mischiefs that I set abroach."
109. [Nothing hurt withal.] Nowise harmed by it. Who = which; as often.
110. [While we,] etc. This line, with the change of we to they, is found in the 1st quarto in iii. 1, where Benvolio describes the brawl in which Mercutio and Tybalt are slain (Daniel).
113. [Saw you him to-day?] This use of the past tense is not allowable now, but was common in Elizabethan English. Cf. Cymb. iv. 2. 66: "I saw him not these many years," etc.
115. [The worshipp'd sun.] Cf. iii. 2. 25 below: "And pay no worship to the garish sun." See also Lear, i. 1. 111: "the sacred radiance of the sun;" and Cymb. iv. 4. 41: "the holy sun." It is remarkable that no German commentator has tried to make S. a Parsee.
116. [Forth.] Cf. M.N.D. i. 1. 164: "Steal forth thy father's house," etc.
118. [Sycamore.] According to Beisly and Ellacombe, the Acer pseudo-platanus, which grows wild in Italy. It had been introduced into England before the time of S. He mentions it also in L. L. L. v. 2. 89 and Oth. iv. 3. 41.
119. [Rooteth.] Cf. W.T. i. 1. 25: "there rooted betwixt them such an affection," etc.
121. [Ware.] Aware; but not to be printed as a contraction of that word. Cf. ii. 2. 103 below.
123. [Affections.] Feelings, inclinations. Cf. Ham. iii. 1. 170: "Love! his affections do not that way tend," etc.