I.i.76 (363,3) As when, by night and negligence, the fire/Is spied in
populous cities] [Warburton, objecting to "by": Is spred] The particle
is used equivocally; the same liberty is taken by writers more correct.
_The wonderful creature! a woman of reason!
Never grave_ out of _pride, never gay_ out of _season_.
I.i.115 (364,4) What profane wretch art thou?] That is, _what wretch of
gross and licentious language?_ In that sense Shakespeare often uses the
word _profane_.
I.i.124 (365,6) this odd even] The _even_ of _night_ is _midnight_, the
time when night is divided into _even_ parts.
I.i.149 (366,7) some check] Some rebuke.
I.i.150 (366,8) cast him] That is, _dismiss_ him; _reject_ him. We still
say, a _cast_ coat, and a _cast_ serving-man.
I.i.162 (366,9) And what's to come of my despised time] [W: despited]
_Despised time_, is _time of no value_; time in which
"There's nothing serious in mortality,
The wine of life is drawn, and the mere dregs
Are left, this vault to brag of." _Macbeth_.
I.i.173 (367,2) By which the property of youth and maidhood/May be
abus'd?] By which the faculties of a young virgin may be infatuated, and
made subject to illusions and to false imagination.
"Wicked dreams _abuse_
The curtain'd sleep." _Macbeth._
I.ii.2 (368,3) stuff o' the conscience] This expression to common
readers appears harsh.
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