Steevens reads with the second and third Quartos, followed by Malone, Rann and the Variorum Editors.
Malone conjectures:
'A fixed figure for the scorn of time
To point his slow unmoving finger at,—'
Mason proposes 'slowly moving' for 'slow unmoving': a conjecture which has been also made by Mr Collier's MS. corrector and adopted by Mr Collier in his second edition.
Becket conjectures:
'A fixed figure and in scorn, for time
To point his slow-unmoving finger at.'
Jackson:
'A fix'd figure, for the type of scorn
To point his low unmoving finger at.'
Mr Knight, in his 'Stratford' Edition, and Mr Staunton adopt Hunter's conjecture:
'The fixed figure of the time, for scorn
To point his slow and moving finger at,—'