So our author
in _Richard the Third_, _A beauty_-waining _and distressed widow_.
IV.iii.41 (352,6) To the April day again] That is, _to the wedding day_,
called by the poet, satirically, _April day_, or _fool's day_.
IV.iii.44 (352,7) Do thy right nature] Lie in the earth where nature
laid thee.
IV.iii.44 (352,8) Thou'rt quick] Thou hast life and motion in thee.
IV.iii.64 (353,9) I will not kiss thee] This alludes to an opinion in
former times, generally prevalent, that the venereal infection
transmitted to another, left the infecter free. I will not, says Timon,
take the rot from thy lips by kissing thee.
IV.iii.72 (353,1)
_Tim._ Promise me friendship, but perform none. If
Thou wilt not promise, the Gods plague thee, for
Thou art a man; if thou dost perform, confound thee,
For thou art a man!]
That is, however thou may'st act, since thou art man, hated man, I wish
thee evil.
IV.iii.82 (354,2)
Be a whore still! They love thee not that use thee;
Give them diseases, leaving with thee their lust:
Make use of thy salt hours]
There is here a slight transposition. I would read,
--_They love thee not that use thee,
Leaving with thee their lust; give them diseases;
Make use of thy salt hours; season the slaves
For tubs and baths_;--
IV.iii.115 (356,6) milk-paps,/That through the window-bars bore at mens'
eyes] [W: window-lawn] The reading is more probably,
--_window-bar_,--
The virgin that shews her bosom through the lattice of her chamber.
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