[Since he came,
With what encounter so uncurrent I
Have strain'd, to appear thus?]
These lines I do not understand; with the license of all editors,
what I cannot understand I suppose unintelligible, and therefore
propose that they may be altered thus,
--------_Since he came,
With what encounter so uncurrent_ have I
_Been_ stain'd _to appear thus_.
At least I think it might be read,
_With what encounter so uncurrent have I
Strain'd to appear thus? If one Jet beyond_. (see 1765,
II,276,5)