II.iv.157 (386,2) _Age is unnecessary_] i.e. Old age has few wants.
II.iv.162 (386,3) Look'd black upon me] To _look black_, may easily be
explained to _look cloudy_ or _gloomy_. See Milton:
"So frown'd the mighty combatants, that hell
Grew darker at their frown."--
II.iv.170 (386,4) To fall, and blast her pride!] Thus the quarto: the
folio reads not so well, _to fall and blister_. I think there is still a
fault, which may be easily mended by changing a letter:
--Infect her beauty,
Ye fen-suck'd fogs, drawn by the powerful sun,
_Do_, fall, and blast her pride!
II.iv.174 (387.6) Thy tender-hested nature shall not give/Thee o'er to
harshness] This word, though its general meaning be plain, I do not
critically understand.
II.iv.178 (387,7) to scant my sizes] To contract my allowances or
proportions settled.
II.iv.203 (388,9) much less advancement] The word _advancement_ is
ironically used here for _conspicuousness_ of punishment; as we now say,
_a man is advanced to the pillory_. We should read,
--but his own disorders
Deserv'd much _more_ advancement.
II.iv.204 (388,1) I pray you, father, being weak, seem so] [W: deem't
so] The meaning is, since _you are weak_, be content to think yourself
weak. No change is needed.
II.iv.218 (389,3) base life] i.e. In a _servile_ state.
II.iv.227 (390,5) embossed carbuncle] _Embossed_ is _swelling,
protuberant_.
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