The 1st Quarto has,
'Cried in the toppe of their iudgements, an excellent play,'—that is, pronounced it, to the best of their judgments, an excellent play.
Note the difference between 'the top of my judgment', and 'the top of their judgments'. 97.]
[Footnote 3: skill.]
[Footnote 4: coarse jests. 25, 67.]
[Footnote 5: style.]
[Footnote 6: 1st Q. 'Princes slaughter.']
[Footnote 7: 1st Q. 'th'arganian beast:' 'the Hyrcan tiger,' Macbeth, iii. 4.]
[Footnote 8: 'it begins': emphasis on begins.]
[Footnote 9: A pause; then having recollected, he starts afresh.]