III.i.79 (69,9)

[And the poor beetle, that we tread upon,

In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great,

As when a giant dies]

The reasoning is, _that death is no more than every being must

suffer, though the dread of it is peculiar to man_; or perhaps,

that_ we are inconsistent with ourselves, when we so much dread

that which we carelessly inflict on other creatures, that feel

the pain as acutely as we.

III.i.91 (69,1) [follies doth emmew] Forces follies to lie in cover

without daring to show themselves.

III.1.93 (69,3) [His filth within being cast] To _cast_ a pond is

to empty it of mud.

Mr. Upton reads,

_His_ pond _within being cast, he would appear

A_ filth _as deep as hell_.

III.1.94 (70,4)

[_Claud_. The princely Angelo?

_Isab_. Oh, 'tis the cunning livery of hell,

The damned'st body to invest and cover

In princely guards!]

[W: priestly guards] The first folio has, in both places, _prenzie_,

from which the other folios made _princely_, and every editor may

make what he can.

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