"that by looks so thriveth"-i.e. the bankrupt, wounded by a frown, but recured by a smile, is blessed in so thriving in his trade in looks. The old eds. have "by love so thriveth"-which all the compared eds. retain. Walker, Crit. Exam. &c., vol. i. p. 285, would read "by losse."

"As when a black-fac'd cloud the world doth threat,
In his dim mist th' aspiring mountains hiding,
From earth's dark womb some gentle gust doth get,
Which blows these pitchy vapours from their biding,
Hindering their present fall by this dividing:

So his unhallow'd haste her words delays."

Compare V. and A. 1046,

"As when, the wind, imprison'd in the ground,
Struggling for passage, earth's foundations shakes,
Which with cold terror doth men's minds confound."

The old eds. have" But when"—which all the compared eds. retain.

"But as

occurs Ham. ii. 2, 505—
"But, as we often see, against some storm,
A silence in the heavens, the rack stand still,
The bold winds speechless, and the orb below
As hush as death, anon the dreadful thunder

Doth rend the region; so, after Pyrrhus' pause," &c.

The correction is by Sewell.

"Look when a black-fac'd cloud."

Malone substituted

"O, be remember'd, no outrageous thing
From vassal actors can be wip'd away;

Then kings' misdeeds cannot be hid in day."

"in day"-compare V. and A. 720,

"In night,' quoth she, 'desire sees best of all.'" "in day" refers to the publicity of all acts of a king; so line 1006,

"For greatest scandal waits on greatest state.
The moon being clouded presently is miss'd,
But little stars may hide them when they list."

"Poor grooms are sightless night, kings glorious day." The old eds. have "cannot be hid in clay"—which all the compared eds. retain.

"Charging the sooth-fac'd groom to hie as fast
As lagging fowls before the northern blast."
"The homely villain court'sies to her low;
And, blushing on her, with a steadfast eye
Receives the scroll without or yea or no,
And forth with bashful innocence doth hie."
"Such harmless creatures have a true respect
To talk in deeds, while others saucily
Promise more speed, but do it leisurely :

Even so this pattern of the worn-out age

Pawn'd honest looks, but laid no words to gage."

Compare W. T. iv. 4, 171,—

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They call him Doricles; and boasts himself

To have a worthy feeding: but I have it

Upon his own report and I believe it;

He looks like sooth."

The old eds. have "sour-fac'd groom"--which all the compared eds. retain.

"And from the walls of strong-besieged Troy

When their brave hope, bold Hector, march'd to field,

Stood many Trojan mothers, sharing joy

To see their youthful sons bright weapons wield;
And to their hope they such odd action yield,

That through their light joy seem'd to appear,
Like bright things stain'd, a kind of braving fear."
Compare J. C. v. 1, 10,—

"and come down

With fearful bravery, thinking by this face

To fasten in our thoughts that they have courage;

But 'tis not so."

The old eds. have "a kind of heavy fear"--which all the compared eds. retain.

"To this well-painted piece Lucrece is come,
To find a face where all distress is stell'd.
Many she sees where cares have carved some,
But none where all distress and dolour dwell'd."

Sonnet 24, 1,—

"Mine eye hath play'd the painter and hath stell'd
Thy beauty's form in table of my heart."

Lear iii. 7, 61,—

“And quench'd the stelled fires."

With the last citation, compare Sonnet 21,"As those gold candles fix'd in heaven's air." Nares explains, "stelled" for stalled, i.e. fixed, placed in a permanent manner; deriving the verb from "stell," probably the same as "stall," a lodge, or fixed place of abode. This explanation seems more satisfactory than the derivation. Perhaps Shakespeare may have taken the word from stela, a monumental pillar.

The Tempest, v. 1, 208, we have,

"O, rejoice

Beyond a common joy, and set it down
With gold on lasting pillars."

Note (6). Line 1712,—

"With this, they all at once began to say,
Her body's stain her mind untainted clears;
While with a joyless smile she turns away
That face, the map which deep impression bears
Of hard misfortune, carv'd in it with tears."

So line 800,

"O Night, thou furnace of foul-reeking smoke,
Let not the jealous Day behold that face
Which underneath thy black all-hiding cloak
Immodestly lies martyr'd with disgrace."

The old eds. have "The face, that map”—which all

"Let those whom Nature hath not made for store,
Harsh, featureless, and rude, barrenly perish:

Look, whom she best endow'd, she gave thee more;
Which bounteous gift thou shouldst in bounty cherish."

"whom"

Note (7),

those whom,-compare J. C. ii. 1, 331,

"What it is, my Caius,

I shall unfold to thee, as we are going

To whom [i.e. him, whom] it must be done."

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The old eds. have " she gave the more -the correction is by Malone, and is adopted by Delius and Staunton. Dyce and the Camb. eds. retain the old text.

Note (2.) XVI. Line 7, 10,—

"But wherefore do not you a mightier way
Make war upon this bloody tyrant, Time?
And fortify yourself in your decay

With means more blessed than my barren rhyme?
Now stand you on the top of happy hours;

And many maiden gardens, yet unset,

With virtuous wish would bear you living flowers,
Much liker than your painted counterfeit :"

"bear you living flowers," &c., i.e. bear you children more like you than your painted likeness. The old eds. have "your living flowers "the correction is by Malone. All the compared eds. retain the old text.

"So should the lines of life that life repair,
Which this, Time's pencil, or my pupil pen,
Neither in inward worth nor outward fair,
Can make you live yourself in eyes of men."

i.e. So should the lines of life [your decay] that life [living children] repair, Which this [this life, which, i.e. children's life, which], nor Time's pencil, nor my pupil pen (either in inward worth, &c.) can make you yourself live in eyes of men.-So the concluding lines,―

"To give away yourself keeps yourself still;

And you must live, drawn with your own sweet skill.”

So Sonnet XVII. 13,

"But were some child of yours alive at that time,
You should live twice,-in it, and in my rhyme."

Compare "lines of life" with Sonnet LX. 9,—

"Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth,
And delves the parallels in beauty's brow."

Sonnet LXIII. 4,

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'Against my love shall be, as I am now,

With Time's injurious hand crush'd and o'erworn ;

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