According to the pneumatology of that tine, every element was inhabited by its peculiar order of spirits, who had dispositions different, according to their various places of abode. The meaning therefore is, that all _spirits extravagant_, wandering out of their element, whether aerial spirits visiting earth, or earthly spirits ranging the air, return to their station, to their proper limits in which they are _confined_. We might read, "--And at his warning "Th' extravagant and erring spirit hies "To his confine, whether in sea or air, "Or earth, or fire. And of, &c. But this change, tho' it would smooth the construction, is not necessary, and being unnecessary, should not be made against authority. I.i.163 (154,5) No fairy takes] No fairy _strikes_, with lameness or diseases. This sense of _take_ is frequent in this author. I.ii.37 (156,8) more than the scope/Of these dilated articles allows] More than is comprised in the general design of these articles, which you may explain in a more diffuse and dilated stile. (1773) I.ii.47 (157,9) The head is not more native to the heart, The hand more instrumental to the mouth, Than to the throne of Denmark is thy father] [W: The blood ... Than to the throne] Part of this emendation I have received, but cannot discern why the _head_ is not as much _native to the heart_, as the _blood_, that is, _natural_ and _congenial_ to it, _born with it_, and co-operating with it. The relation is likewise by this reading better preserved, the _counsellor_ being to the _king_ as the _head_ to the _heart_. I.ii.62 (158,1) Take thy fair hour, Laertes; time be thine, And thy best graces spend it at thy will] I rather think this line is in want of emendation. I read, --_Time is thine_, _And_ my best _graces; spend it at thy will_. I.ii.65 (158,2) A little more than kin, and less than kind] _Kind_ is the Teutonick word for _child_. Hamlet therefore answers with propriety, to the titles of _cousin_ and _son_, which the king had given him, that he was somewhat more than _cousin_, and less than _son_. I.ii.67 (159,3) too much i' the sun] He perhaps alludes to the proverb, _Out of heaven's blessing into the warm sun_. I.ii.70 (159,4) veiled lids] With lowering eyes, cast down eyes. (1773) I.ii.89 (160,5) your father lost a father;/That father lost, lost his] I do not admire the repetition of the word, but it has so much of our author's manner, that I find no temptation to recede from the old copies. I.ii.92 (160,6) obsequious sorrow] _Obsequious_ is here from _obsequies_, or _funeral ceremonies_. I.ii.103 (161,9) To reason most absurd] Reason is here used in its common sense, for the _faculty_ by which we form conclusions from arguments. I.ii.110 (161,1) And with no less nobility of love] [_Nobility_, for _magnitude_. WARBURTON.] _Nobility_ is rather _generosity_. I.ii.112 (161,2) Do I impart toward you] I believe _impart_ is, _impart myself_, _communicate_ whatever I can bestow.