II.ii.122 (50,2) her brain-sick raptures/Cannot distaste the goodness of
a quarrel] Corrupt; change to a worse state.
II.ii.179 (52,3) benummed wills] That is, inflexible, inmoveable, no
longer obedient to superior direction.
II.ii.180 (52,4) There is a law in each well-ordered nation] What the
law does in every nation between individuals, justice ought to do
between nations.
II.ii.188 (52,5) Hector's opinion/Is this in way of truth] Though
considering _truth_ and _justice_ in this question, this is my opinion;
yet as a question of honour, I think on it as you.
II.ii.196 (53,6) the performance of our heaving spleens] The execution
of spite and resentment.
II.ii.212 (53,7) emulation] That is, envy, factious contention.
II.iii.18 (54,8) without drawing the massy iron and cutting the web]
That is, _without drawing their swords to cut the web_. They use no
means but those of violence.
II.iii.55 (55,1) decline the whole question] Deduce the question from
the first case to the last.
II.iii.108 (57,6) but it was a strong composure, a fool could disunite]
So reads the quarto very properly; but the folio, which the moderns have
followed, has, _it was a strong_ COUNSEL.
II.iii.118 (57,7) noble state] Person of high dignity; spoken of
Agamemnon.
II.iii.137 (58,8) under-write] To _subscribe_, in Shakespeare, is to
_obey_.
II.iii.215 (60,2) pheese his pride] To _pheese_ is to _comb_ or _curry_.
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