This is a very lofty and elegant compliment. V.ii.419 (450,7) [Write, _Lord have mercy on us_, on those three] This was the inscription put upon the door of the houses infected with the plague, to which Biron compares the love of himself and his companions; and pursuing the metaphor finds the _tokens_ likewise on the ladies. The _tokens_ of the plague are the first spots or discolorations, by which the infection is known to be received. V.ii.426 (451,8) [how can this be true, That you stand forfeit, being those that sue?] That is, how can those be liable to forfeiture that begin the process. The jest lies in the ambiguity of _sue_, which signifies _to prosecute by law_, or to _offer a petition_. V.ii.440 (451,9) [you force not to forswear] _You force not_ is the same with _you make no difficulty_. This is a very just observation. The crime which has been once committed, is committed again with less reluctance. V.ii.471 (452,2) [in will and error. Much upon this it is:--And might not you] I, believe this passage should be read thus, --_in will and error_. Boyet. _Much upon this it is_. Biron. _And might not you_, &c. V.ii.490 (453,5) [You cannot beg us] That is, we are not fools, our next relations cannot _beg_ the wardship of our persons and fortunes. One of the legal tests of a _natural_ is to try whether he can number. V.ii.517 (454,6) [That sport best pleases, that doth least know how. Where zeal strives to content, and the contents Dies in the zeal of that which it presents] The third line may be read better thus, --_the contents_ _Die in the zeal of_ him _which_ them _presents_. This sentiment of the Princess is very natural, but less generous than that of the Amazonian Queen, who says, on a like occasion, in Midsummer-Night's Dream, _I love not to see wretchedness o'ercharg'd_, _Nor duty in his service perishing_. V.ii.547 (455,8) [A bare throw at novum] This passage I do not understand. I fancy that _novum_ should be _novem_, and that some allusion is intended between the play of _nine pins_ and the play of the _nine_ worthies, but it lies too deep for my investigation. V.ii.581 (457,2) [A-jax] There is a conceit of _Ajax_ and _a jakes_. V.ii.694 (461,4) [more Ates] That is, more instigation. Ate was the mischievous goddess that incited bloodshed. V.ii.702 (461,5) [my arms] The weapons and armour which he wore in the character of Pompey. V.ii.744 (463,8) [In the converse of breath] Perhaps _converse_ may, in this line, mean _interchange_. V.ii.755 (464,2) [which fain it would convince] We must read, --_which fain_ would it _convince_; that is, the entreaties of love which would fain _over-power_ grief. So Lady Macbeth declares, _That she will_ convince _the chamberlain with wine_.