Chapter CVI: Act V

SC. 1. "Have broken with the King; who hath so far
Given ear to our complaint, _that_ of his great grace
And princely care--foreseeing those fell mischiefs,
Our reasons laid before him--_he_ hath commanded."

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"The good I stand on is my truth and honesty."

For 'good' Johnson and Collier's folio read _ground_, which may be right.

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SC. 2. "'Mong boys _and_ grooms and lackeys."

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"In our own natures frail and capable
Of our flesh."

For 'capable' Malone read 'incapable.' Perhaps the right word would be _culpable_, and it and 'frail' should be transposed, as 'frailty' follows.

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"A man that more detests, more stirs against."

For 'stirs' I read _strives_, as Shakespeare nowhere uses 'stirs' in conjunction with 'against.'

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"And in my presence,
They are too thin and base to hide offences."

For 'base' Malone read _bare_, which may be right.

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SC. 3. "_Be't_ he or she, cuckold or cuckold-maker."

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"He stands there like a mortar-piece to blow us _up_."

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SC. 4. "And you_r_ good brethren I am much beholding."

TRAGEDIES.

ROMEO AND JULIET.