Count. In delivering my son from me, I bury a second
husband.

Ber. And I, in going, madam, weep o'er my father's
death anew: but I must attend his majesty's command,
to whom I am now in ward, evermore in subjection.
I think Dr. Johnson is right.

Laf.

P. 4.-354.-186.

He that so generally is at all times good, must of necessity hold his virtue to you; whose worthiness would stir it up where it wanted, rather than lack it where there is such abundance.

I think we should read slack with Warburton.

Ibid.-187.

Count. This young gentlewoman had a father, (O, that
had! how sad a passage 'tis!) whose skill was almost
as great as his honesty; had it stretch'd so far, would
have made nature immortal, and death should have
play for lack of work.

I agree with Dr. Johnson. An it seems wanting in Malone's edition, and in the edition of 1793. It should stand thus: had it stretch'd so far, it would have made, &c. This it is in the edition of 1785.

Count.

P. 6.-355.-188.

where an unclean mind carries virtuous qualities, there commendations go with pity, they are virtues and traitors too; in her they are the better for their simpleness.

I think with Dr. Johnson, that the emendation proposed by Warburton is unnecessary.

P. 8.-356.-190.

Laf. Moderate lamentation is the right of the dead,
excessive grief the enemy to the living.

Count. If the living be enemy to the grief, the excess
makes it soon mortal.

Dr. Johnson is right.

P. 9.-357.-192.

Laf. Farewell, pretty lady: you must hold the credit !
of your father.

[Exeunt Bertram and Lafeu.
Hel. O, were that all!I think not on my father ;
And these great tears grace his remembrance more,
Than those I shed for him.

I believe M. Mason's and Malone's explanation is the true one.

P. 11.-360.-196.

Par. It is not politick in the commonwealth of nature,
to preserve virginity. Loss of virginity is rational in-
crease; and there was never virgin got, till virginity was
first lost.

I believe rational is right..

and the P. 12. Ibid. 197..
P. 12. Ibid. 197.7
Besides, virginity is peevish, proud, idle, made of self-
love, which is the most inhibited sin in the canon. Keep
it not; you cannot choose but lose by't: Out with't":
within ten years it will make itself ten, which is goodly
increase; and the principal itself not much the worse.

I believe Sir T. Hanmer's emendation is right.. ni I am as ignorant as Mr. Steevens of the wellknown observation of the noble Earl mentioned by Mr. Henley.

P. 15.-363.-200.

Hel. There shall your master have a thousand loves, Ma
A mother, and a mistress, and a friend,

A phoenix, captain, and an enemy,
A guide, a goddess, and a sovereign,
A counsellor, a traitress, and a dear.

H

I entirely agree with Mr. Tyrwhitt, and a greatly surprised at the conjectures of the oth

commentators.

P. 18.-365.-204.

Hel. The mightiest space in fortune nature brings
To join like likes, and kiss like native things.
Impossible be strange attempts, to those

That weigh their pains in sense; and do suppose,
What hath been cannot be.

I believe Mr. Malone has explained this rightly. There seems to me no occasion to read what han't been, for what hath been: the meaning is, and suppose even things that have already been cannot be, which not having fallen within their observation, are beyond their conception.

P. 24.-370.—211.

let me not live, quoth he,

After my flame lacks oil, to be the snuff

Of younger spirits, whose apprehensive senses

All but new things disdain; whose judgements are
Mere fathers of their garments; whose constancies
Expire before their fashions.

The old reading is right, and is rightly explained by Dr. Johnson.

P. 28.-373.-215.

Clo. I am out of friends, madam; and I hope to have

friends for my wife's sake.

Count. Such friends are thine enemies, knave.

Clo. You are shallow, madam; e'en great friends.

I think Malone is right.

P. 30.-374.-218.

Clo. Was this fair face the cause, quoth she,

Why the Grecians sacked Troy?

Fond done, done fond,

Was this king Friam's joy.

[Singing.

I think Warburton's conjecture very probable.

P. 32.-376.-220.

Count. You'll be gone, sir knave, and do as I command

you.

Clo. That man should be at woman's command, and
yet no hurt done!-though honesty be no puritan, yet
it will do no hurt; it will wear the surplice of humility
over the black gown of a big heart.

I incline to think Mr. Tyrwhitt's conjecture is right.

I

P. 34.-378.-223.

Count. It is the show and seal of nature's truth,
Where love's strong passion is impress'd in youth:
By our remembrances of days foregone,

Such were our faults ;—or then we thought them none.

agree with Malone.

Count.

P. 36.-378.-225.

What, pale again?

My fear hath catch'd your fondness: now I see
The mystery of your loneliness, and find

Your salt tears' head.

I think Theobald's correction is right.

P. 38.-381.-227.

Hel. I know I love in vain, strive against hope;
Yet, in this captious and intenible sieve,

I still pour in the waters of my love,

And lack not to lose still.

I believe Malone is right.

Ibid.

And lack not to lose still.

I believe Malone is right.

Count.

P. 41. 383.-230.

I'll stay at home,

And pray God's blessing into thy attempt.

I think with Mr. Steevens.

P. 42.-384.-231.

King. Farewell, young lord, these warlike principles
Do not throw from you:-and you, my lord, farewell:-
Share the advice betwixt you.

I incline to agree with Mr. Tyrwhitt.

King.

Ibid.-232.

Farewell, young lords;
Whether I live or die, be you the sons
Of worthy Frenchmen: let higher Italy
(Those 'bated, that inherit but the fall
Of the last monarchy,) see, that you come

Not to woo honour but to wed it.

This passage I do not yet understand.

P. 44.-386.-235.

Bert. I grow to you, and our parting is a tortured body.

As I cannot discover the meaning of this passage, as it stands at present, I incline to admit Dr. Johnson's reading. So I once thought. I now think the old reading, as explained by Malone and M. Mason, though harsh, perhaps is right.

P. 45.-380.-236.

Par. Use a more spacious ceremony to the noble lords;
you have restrain'd yourself within the list of too cold an
adieu: be more expressive to them; for they wear
themselves in the cap of the time, there do muster true
gait, eat, speak, and move under the influence of the
most received star; and though the devil lead the mea-
sure, such are to be follow'd.

I incline to Dr. Johnson's reading, for the same reason as in the last instance.