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Chapter XIII: Act III: SC. 1. "There is a lady in Verona here."

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Here again 'Verona,' the poet's word, has been altered by the editors. Pope, who is usually followed, read '_sir_, in _Milan_,' and Mr. Dyce adopts the unheard-of term _Milano_ of Collier's folio! We have no right to make such changes.

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"For 'get you gone,' she doth not mean 'away.'"

Perhaps the poet's word was _By_ not 'For'; or there may be an omission of _by_ after 'For.'

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"I fly not Death, to fly his deadly doom."

For 'his' Singer read _is_.

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"As ending anthem of my endless dolour."

For 'anthem' Singer very plausibly read _amen_.

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"_Item_, She is not to be _kissed_ fasting on account of her breath."

Rowe added _kissed_, which, though generally received, is not absolutely necessary.

"Nor does your nostril
Take in the scent of strong perfumes, to stifle
The sourness of our breaths as we are fasting."
Massinger, Very Woman, i. 1.

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"Now will he be swinged for reading _of_ my letter."

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SC. 2. "But say this weed her love from Valentine."

The context seems to require _wind_ for 'weed,' and I have so given it.

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"That may discover such integrity."

Though in my edition I have made here an aposiopesis, I think it more probable that a line has been lost.

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The Shakespeare-Expositor: An Aid to the Perfect Understanding of Shakespeare's PlaysChapter XIII: Act III: SC. 1. "There is a lady in Verona here."

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