III.i.70 (235,2) the whips and scorns of time] [W: of th' time] I doubt whether the corruption of this passage is not more than the editor has suspected. _Whips_ and _scorns_ have no great connexion with one another, or with _time: whips_ and _scorns_ are evils of very different magnitude, and though at all _times scorn_ may be endured, yet the _times_ that put men ordinarily in danger of _whips_, are rery rare. Falstaff has said, that the _courtiers would_ whip _him with their quick wits_; but I know not that _whip_ can be used for a _scoff_ or _insult_, unless its meaning be fixed by the whole expression. I am afraid lest I should venture too far in correcting this passage. If _whips_ be retained, we may read, _For who would bear the whips and scorns of_ tyrant. But I think that _quip_, a _sneer_, a _sarcasm_, a _contemptuous_ jest, is the proper word, as suiting very exactly with _scorn_. What then must be done with _time_? it suits no better with the new reading than with the old, and _tyrant_ is an image too bulky and serious. I read, but not confidently, _For who would bear the_ quips _and scorns of_ title. It say be remarked, that Hamlet, in his enumeration of miseries, forgets, whether properly or not, that he is a prince, and mentions many evils to which inferior stations only are exposed. III.i.77 (236,4) To groan and sweat] All the old copies have, _to_ grunt _and sweat_. It is undoubtedly the true reading, but can scarcely be borne by modern ears. III.i.89 (237,5) Nymph, in thy orisons] This is a touch of nature. Hamlet, at the sight of Ophelia, does not immediately recollect, that he is to personate madness, but makes her an address grave and solemn, such as the foregoing meditation excited in his thoughts. III.i.107 (237,6) That if you be honest and fair, you should admit no discourse to your beauty] This is the reading of all the modern editions, and is copied from the quarto. The folio reads, your honesty _should admit no discourse to your beauty_. The true reading seems to be this, _If you be honest and fair, you should admit_ your honesty _to no discourse with your beauty_. This is the sense evidently required by the process of the conversation. III.i.127 (238,7) I have thoughts to put them in] _To put a thing into thought_, is _to think on it_. III.i.148 (239,8) I have heard of your paintings too, well enough] This is according to the quarto; the folio, for _painting_, has _prattlings_, and for _face_, has _pace_, which agrees with what follows, _you jig, you amble_. Probably the author wrote both. I think the common reading best. III.i.152 (239,9) make your wantonness your ignorance] You mistake by _wanton_ affectation, and pretend to mistake by _ignorance_. III.i.161 (239,2) the mould of form] The model by whom all endeavoured to form themselves.