This scene
ought to continue the first act.
II.i.9 (421,9) So Tamora--/Upon her wit doth earthly honour wait] [W:
her will] I think _wit_, for which she is eminent in the drama, is
right.
II.i.116 (425,2) by kind] That is, by _nature_, which is the old
signification of _kind_.
II.ii (425,3) _Changes to a Forest_] The division of this play into
acts, which was first made by the editors in 1623, is improper. There is
here an interval of action, and here the second act ought to have begun.
II.iii.8 (427,6)
And so repose, sweet gold, for their unrest,
That have their alms out of the empress' chest]
This is obscure. It seems to mean only, that they who are to come at
this gold of the empress are to suffer by it.
II.iii.72 (430,9) swarth Cimmerian] _Swarth_ is _black_. The Moor is
called Cimmerien, from the affinity of blackness to darkness.
II.iii.85 (430,1)
_Bas._ The king, my brother, shall have note of this.
_Lav._ Ay, for these slips have made him noted long]
He had yet been married but one night.
II.iii.104 (431,2) Should straight fall mad, or else die suddenly] This
is said in fabulous physiology, of those that hear the groan of the
mandrake torn up.
II.iii.126 (432,3) And with that painted hope she braves your
mightiness] [W: cope] _Painted hope_ is only _specious_ hope, or ground
of confidence more plausible than solid.
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