Act V Sc. 3
“And lay them gently on thy tender side.
I kiss these fingers for eternal peace.”
I approve of this transposition made by Malone.
“Hast not a tongue? is she not here?”
The 2nd folio, which all follow, adds thy prisoner; alone might be better.
“Confounds the tongue and makes the senses rough?”
Various attempts have been made to amend ‘rough,’ but with little success. We might perhaps read dull; but ‘rough’ may have been used in the sense of rugged, insensible.
“And here I will expect thy coming down.”
“Mad natural graces that extinguish art.”
For ‘Mad,’ which makes no sense, Capell read And.
Sc. 4
“Used intercession to obtain a league.”
I think we should read truce or peace for ‘league.’
Sc. 5
“Provokes the mightiest hulk against the tide.”
I incline to read Propels for ‘Provokes.’
“Yes, my good lord, her father is a king.”
“The most of all these reasons bindeth.”
“Whëreas the contráry bringeth bliss.”
The 2nd folio reads ‘bringeth forth.’