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. III.i.113 (71,7) [If it were damnable, he being so wise, Why would he for the momentary trick Be perdurably fin'd?] Shakespeare shows his knowledge of human nature in the conduct of Claudio. When Isabella first tells him of Angelo's proposal, he answers, with honest indignation, agreeably to his settled principles, _Thou shalt not do't._ But the love of life being permitted to operate, soon furnishes him with sophistical arguments, he believes it cannot be very dangerous to the soul, since Angelo, who is so wise, will venture it. III.i.121 (71,8) [delighted spirit] This reading may perhaps stand, but many attempts have been made to correct it. The most plausible is that which substitutes, --_the_ benighted _spirit_, alluding to the darkness always supposed in the place of future punishment. Perhaps we may read, --_the_ delinquent _spirit_, a word easily changed to _delighted_ by a bad copier, or unskilful reader. _Delinquent_ is proposed by Thirlby in his manuscript.(1773) III.i.127 (72,9) [lawless and incertain thoughts] Conjecture sent out to wander without any certain direction, and ranging through all possibilities of pain. III.i.139 (73,2) [Is't not a kind of incest, to take life From thine own sister's shame?] In Isabella's declamation there is something harsh, and something forced and far-fetched. But her indignation cannot be thought violent, when we consider her not only as a virgin, but as a nun. III.i.149 (74,4) [but a trade] A custom; a practice, an established habit. So we say of a man much addicted to any thing, _he makes_ a trade _of it_. III.i.176 (75,6) [Hold you there] Continue in that resolution. III.i.255 (77,l) [only refer yourself to this advantage] This is scarcely to be reconciled to any established mode of speech. We may read, _only_ reserve yourself to, or _only_ reserve to _yourself this advantage_. III.i.266 (77,2) [the corrupt deputy scaled] _To scale the deputy_ may _be, to reach him, notwithstanding the elevation of his place_; or it may be, _to strip him and discover his nakedness, though armed and concealed by the investments of authority_.