Act III Sc. 1
“Too late he died, that might have kept that title.”
Surely it was too soon or too early. This may, perhaps, be regarded as an instance of the substitution of a contrary term. In the Faerie Queen, however, we have “Saying, that harlot she too lately knew” (i. 3. 25). “And knightly worth which he too late did try” (Ib. iii. 9. 25). See Index, s. v. Too.
“I pray you, gentle uncle, give me this dagger.”
We might also read ‘give to me’; but it would sound rather stiff. The usual reading is ‘uncle then.’
“My lord, will it please you to pass along?”
Sc. 2
“My lord, I hold my life as dear as you do yours.”
The folio omits ‘you do’ which is necessary for the sense, and is in the 4tos.
Sc. 3
“Make haste, the hour of death is expiate.”
In Sonnet xxii. ‘expiate’ is also used in the sense of expired, ended.
“And whëre one sad truth may expiate
Thy wrath.”
Donne, Elegy xiv.
Sc. 5
“Because, my lord, we would have had you heard.”
Grammar requires ‘hear.’
Sc. 7
“To be spoke to, but only by the Recorder.”
Only is often omitted after ‘but.’ We might also read ‘spoken unto.’
“He is not lulling on a lewd day-bed.”
A ‘day-bed’ was a couch or sofa. The folio has ‘love-bed.’ ‘Lulling’ and lolling are only different orthographies, like justling and jostling.