127. [Digressing.] Deviating, departing. It is = transgressing in Rich. II. v. 3. 66: "thy digressing son."

132. [Like powder,] etc. See on ii. 6. 10 above. Steevens remarks: "The ancient English soldiers, using match-locks instead of flints, were obliged to carry a lighted match hanging at their belts, very near to the wooden flask in which they kept their powder."

134. [And thou,] etc. And thou torn to pieces with thine own means of defence.

144. [Pout'st upon.] Cf. Cor. v. 1. 52: "We pout upon the morning."

151. [Blaze.] Make public. Cf. blazon in ii. 6. 26 above, and emblaze in 2 Hen. VI. iv. 10. 76.

154. [Lamentation.] Metrically five syllables.

157. [Apt unto.] Inclined to, ready for. Cf. iii. 1. 32 above.

166. [Here stands,] etc. "The whole of your fortune depends on this" (Johnson). Cf. ii. 3. 93 and ii. 4. 34 above.

171. [Good hap.] Piece of good luck. Cf. ii. 2. 190 above.

174. [So brief to part.] To part so soon.