But he as he, _each_ heavier for a whore.
_Heavy_ is taken both for _weighty_, and for _sad_ or _miserable_. The
quarto reads,
But he as he, _the_ heavier for a whore.
I know not whether the thought is not that of a wager. It must then be
read thus:
But he as he. Which heavier for a whore?
That is, _for a whore_ staked down, _which is the heavier_.
IV.i.78 (94,7) We'll not commend what we intend to sell] I believe the
meaning is only this: though you practise the buyer's art, we will not
practise the seller's. We intend to sell Helen dear, yet will not
commend her.
IV.ii.62 (96,4) My matter is so rash] My business is so _hasty_ and so
abrupt.
IV.ii.74 (97,6) the secrets of neighbour Pandar] [Pope had emended the
Folio's "secrets of nature" to the present reading] Mr. Pope's reading
is in the old quarto. So great is the necessity of collation.
IV.iv.3 (99,1) The grief] The folio reads,
The grief is fine, full perfect, that I taste,
And no less in a sense as strong
As that which causeth it.--
The quarto otherwise,
The grief is fine, full, perfect, that I taste,
And _violenteth_ in a sense as strong
As that which causeth it.--
_Violenteth_ is a word with which I am not acquainted, yet perhaps it
may be right. The reading of the text is without authority.
IV.iv.65 (101,3) For I will throw my glove to death] That is, I will
_challenge_ death himself in defence of thy fidelity.