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and the original sentence may have been to the following purport: 'for defect of judgement supplies the place of courage while true judgement is oft the cause of fear.'

Capell in his text reads:

'for defect of judgment

Is oft the cause of fear,—'

but in his note he proposes to adopt Hanmer's emendation.

Mr Knight explains his reading thus: In this reading of as for is, Belarius says that Cloten, before he arrived to man's estate, had not an apprehension of terrors on account of defect of judgment, which defect is as often the cause of fear.'

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Dr Delius says: Vielleicht wäre Knight's emendation beizubehalten, aber so, dass sich as oft the cause of fear nur auf judgment bezöge.'

NOTE X.

IV. 2. 206, 207. In Capell's copy of his own edition he has altered these lines in MS. to the following reading:

'The ooze, to shew what coast thy sluggish crare

Might easil'est harbour in?'

In his Notes he proposes,

'or shew what coast thy sluggish crare

Might easil'est harbour in?'

This reading, with the exception of easiliest' for 'easil'est' was adopted by Rann.

Malone, without referring to Capell, conjectures that Shakespeare may have written,

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IV. 2. 263, 264. Mr Staunton says: 'There is something so strikingly inferior, both in the thoughts and expression of the concluding couplet to each stanza in this song, that we may fairly set them down as additions from the same hand which furnished the contemptible Masque or Vision that deforms the last act.'

NOTE XII.

v. 1. 15. Warburton, having apparently forgotten the conjecture which is mentioned by Theobald (Nichols' Illustrations, Vol. 11. p. 269), reads in his text:

'And make them dread, to the doers' thrift.—'

The word 'it' is probably omitted by mistake.

After 'worse' Mr Keightley marks the omission of a line.

In the Globe edition we have put an obelus to this most difficult and probably corrupt passage.

has:

NOTE XIII.

v. 4. 15-17. The first Folio, followed substantially by the rest,

'Desir'd, more then constrain'd, to satisfie

If of my Freedome 'tis the maine part, take
No stricter render of me, then my All.'

Rowe punctuates the first line thus:

'Desir'd, more than constrain'd; to satisfie &c.' Theobald, at Warburton's suggestion, printed,

'Desir'd, more than constrain'd; to satisfie,

I d' off my freedom; 'tis the main part; take
No stricter &c.'

This was adopted by Hanmer, Warburton, Johnson, Capell and Steevens (1773). The reading in our text was first given in Steevens (1778). Malone conjectured that a line is lost after the word satisfy. Upton (Critical Observations, 1746, p. 183) prints

'Desir'd more than constrain'd. To satisfie,

(If of my freedom 'tis the main part) take &c.'

Jackson proposes,

'to satisfy

I forfeit freedom; 'tis the main part, &c.'

Singer conjectured that in the second and third lines we should

read,

If for my freedom 'tis the main point, take

No less a render &c.'

Mr Brae suggested 'constrain'd-Satisfy?'

Dr Ingleby proposed to read 'or satisfy?' instead of 'to satisfy,' but in his edition of the play (1886) he reads 'To satisfy?'

Mr Kinnear reads, to satisfy you.'

NOTE XIV.

v. 5. 121. Sidney Walker conjectures that two half lines have dropped out, thus:

'Not more resembles [

Than he resembles] that sweet rosy lad

Who died, &c.'

Dr Nicholson, unless some words have been omitted, would end the lines that... Fidele:...alive.

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II. 4. 170 In, fellow,...warm.] In, fellow: there i' th' hovel keep thee warm.

III. 7. 64

v. 3. 313

Elze conj.

All cruels else subscribed] All cruel selfe-subscrib'd Tovey conj.
note, for Q2Ff. read Q1Ff.

OTHELLO.

IV. 1. 1-8 Think so, Iago!...heaven.] All spoken by Othello, Deighton conj. Oth. Think so,...private! Iago (ironically). An unauthoriz'd kiss. Oth. Or...heaven. Marshall conj.

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III. 12. 10 note, for Tyrwhitt conj. read Theobald conj. withdrawn.

III.

IV.

CYMBELINE.

3. 82, 83 Staunton's punctuation was adopted by Dr Ingleby in the

corrections to his text.

2. 112, 113 note, for Dowden conj. read Deighton (Dowden conj.).

CAMBRIDGE: PRINTED BY J. & C. F. CLAY, AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

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