'but now our ioy,
Although the last, not least in our deere loue,
What can you say to win a third, more opulent
Then your sisters.'
Pope reads:
'Now our joy,
Although our last, not least; to whose young love,
The vines of France, and milk of Burgundy,
Strive to be int'rest: what say you to draw
A third, more opulent than your sisters? speak.'
Capell:
'Now, our joy,
Although the last, not least in our dear love,
What can you say, to win a third more opulent
Than your two sisters?'
Malone first gave the passage exactly as it stands in our text.
Note V.
I. 1. 114. This and other anonymous conjectures are found in MS. in an imperfect copy of the second Quarto of 1608, now in the British Museum (C. 34. k. 17). Besides those which we have quoted there are many others made by the MS. corrector which agree either with the other Quartos or with the Folios.
Note VI.
I. 1. 220. Hanmer, adopting Rowe's alteration, reads the whole passage thus: