6. [Familiar.] A quadrisyllable here.

7. [Sour company.] Cf. "sour woe" in iii. 2. 116 above, "sour misfortune" in v. 3. 82 below, etc. The figurative sense is a favourite one with S.

10. [Vanish'd.] A singular expression, which Massinger has imitated in The Renegado, v. 5: "Upon those lips from which those sweet words vanish'd." In R. of L. 1041 the word is used of the breath.

20. [Exile.] For the variable accent (cf. 13 above and 43 below), see on iii. 1. 190.

26. [Rush'd aside the law.] Promptly eluded or contravened the law. The expression is peculiar, and may be corrupt. "Push'd" and "brush'd" have been suggested as emendations.

28. [Dear mercy.] True mercy. Cf. Much Ado, i. 1. 129: "A dear happiness to women," etc.

29. [Heaven is here,] etc. "All deep passions are a sort of atheists, that believe no future" (Coleridge).

33. [Validity.] Value, worth. Cf. A.W. v. 3. 192:—

"O, behold this ring,

Whose high respect and rich validity