Chapter CIII: Act II

SC. 1. "Whither away so fast?--Oh! God save you, _sir_."

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"To have brought, _vivâ voce_, to his face."

For 'have' the folio has _him_. The correction was made in the 4th folio.

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"No black envy
Shall mark my grave."

This is the reading of Warburton, generally followed. The folio has _make_ for 'mark.'

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"Yet are the King's; and till my soul forsake."

We may, with Rowe, read 'forsake _me_' making 'vows and prayers' the subj. to 'Shall cry'; but a line may have been lost, as 'my soul' is a more suitable subj. to 'cry.'

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SC. 2. "I know your Majesty has always lov'd her
So dear in heart, not to deny her that."

It would seem that 'So' should be _Too_; but then the negative may make a difficulty. 'Not' is, as not.

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SC. 3. "To leave's a thousand times more bitter than."

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"Yet if that quarrel, _by_ fortune, do divorce."

I think the passage thus gains sense: "I found _by fortune_" (Othel. v. 2). "And shalt, _by fortune_, once more resurvey" (Son. xxxii.). Hanmer read 'quarrel_er_,' and Warburton said 'quarrel' was arrow. 'It' is the 'pomp' just mentioned.

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"You'd venture an emballing."

Warburton read _embalming_; Steevens _empalling_.

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"Commends his good opinion of you [to you] and
Does purpose honour to you."

The first 'To you' was evidently caused by the second. See Introd. p. 59.

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"Would I had no being
If this salute my blood a jot. It faints me."

'Faints' is here a causative. (See Introd. p. 71.) For 'salute,' which is used in a rather unusual connexion, Collier's folio reads _elate_, not a Shakespearian word. We have, however, "It _greets_ me, as an enterprise of kindness" (Peric. iv. 4), which is similar, and

"For why should others' false adulterate eyes
Give _salutation_ to my sportive _blood_?"
Son. cxxi.

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SC. 4. "What friend of mine,
That had to him derived your anger, did I
Continue in my liking? Nay, gave notice
He was from thence discharg'd."

I think we should read 'gave _not_ notice.'

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"My father, King of Spain, was reckoned one
The wisest prince that there had reigned."
"For he is one the truest knight alive."
F. Q. i. 3. 37.

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"It shall be therefore bootless
That longer you desire the court. * *"

It is difficult to make any good sense of 'desire' here; and a foot is wanting. The 4th folio, for 'desire,' reads _defer_. We might add _deferr'd_ or _delay'd_ at the end.

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"Sir ... I am about to weep."

This seems to be the right punctuation.

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"As you have done my truth. If he _then_ know."

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"Where powers are your retainers; and your words,
Domestics to you, serve your will."

For 'words,' which certainly makes no sense, Tyrwhitt read _wards_. I doubt if either be right.

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"And marriage 'twixt the Duke of Orleans and."

For the first 'And' Pope properly read _A_, as above, i. 3.

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"This respite shook
The bosom of my conscience."

For 'bosom' Theobald read _bottom_. In Holingshed the King's words are, "Which words conceived within the secret _bottom of my conscience_," which I think settles the question. We have also, "Twill purge the _bottoms of their consciences_" (Fletch. Span. Cur. iv. 5).

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"Yea with a splitting power, and made to tremble."

The folio has _spitting_; the correction was made in the 2nd folio.