And shew to dust, that is a little gilt,
More laud than gilt o'er-dusted]
[T: give to ... laud than they will give to gold] This emendation has
been received by the succeeding editors, but recedes too far from the
copy. There is no other corruption than such as Shakespeare's
incorrectness often resembles. He has omitted the article _to_ in the
second line: he should have written,
_More laud than_ to _gilt o'er-dusted_. (1773) (rev. 1778, IX, 93, 7)
III.iii.189 (86,4) Made emulous missions] The meaning of _mission_ seems
to be _dispatches_ of the gods _from heaven_ about mortal business, such
as often happened at the siege of Troy.
III.iii.197 (86,5) Knows almost every grain of Pluto's gold] For this
elegant line the quarto has only,
Knows almost every _thing_.
III.iii.201 (86,7) (with which relation/Durst never meddle)] There is a
secret administration of affairs, which no _history_ was ever able to
discover.