I.iii.37 (123,2) a race of heaven] [i.e. had a smack or flavour of heaven. WARB.] This word is well explained by Dr. Warburton; the _race_ of wine is the taste of the woil. Sir T. Hanmer, not understanding the word, reads, _ray_. I.iii.44 (124,3) Remains in use] The poet seems to allude to the legal distinction between the _use_ and _absolute possession_. I.iii.54 (124,4) should safe my going] [T: salve] Mr. Upton reads, I think rightly, --_safe_ my going. I.iii.62 (125,5) O most false love! Where be the sacred vials thou shouldst fill With sorrowful water?] Alluding to the lachrymatory vials, or bottles of tears, which the Romans sometimes put into the urn of a friend. I.iii.77 (125,6) the tears/Belong to Egypt] To me, the queen of Egypt. I.iii.90 (126,7) Oh, ny oblivion is a very Antony,/And I am all forgotten] [The plain meaning is, _My forgetfulness makes me forget myself_. WARBURTON.] [Hanmer explained "all forgotten" as "apt to forget everything"] I cannot understand the learned critic's explanation. It appears to me, that she should rather have said, _O my_ remembrance _is a very_ Antony, _And I am all forgotten._ It was her memory, not her oblivion, that, like Antony, vas forgetting and deserting her. I think a slight change will restore the passage. The queen, having something to say, which she is not able, or would not seem able to recollect, cries out, _O my oblivion_!--'Tis _a very Antony_. The thought of which I was in quest is a very Antony, is treacherous and fugitive, and has irrevocably left me, _And I am all forgotten._ If this reading stand, I think the explanation of Hanmer must be received, (see 1765, VII, 122, 6) I.iv.3 (127,9) One great competitor] Perhaps, _Our_ great competitor. I.iv.12 (128,1) as the spots of heaven,/More fiery by night's blackness] If by spots are meant stars, as night has no other fiery spots, the comparison is forced and harsh, stars having been always supposed to beautify the night; nor do I comprehend what there is in the counter-part of this simile, which answers to night's blackness. Hanmer reads, --_spots_ on ermine Or fires, _by night's blackness_. I.iv.14 (128,2) purchas'd] Procured by his own fault or endeavour. I.iv.21 (128,3) say, this becomes him, (As his composure must be rare, indeed, Whom these things cannot blemish] This seems inconsequent. I read _And his composure_, &c. _Grant that this becomes him_, and _if it can become him, he must have in him something very uncommon_; yet, _&c._ I.iv.25 (128,4) So great weight in his lightness] The word _light_ it one of Shakespeare's favourite play-things. The sense is, His trifling levity throws so much burden upon us. I.iv.25 (129,5) If he fill'd His vacancy with his voluptuousness, Full surfeits, and the dryness of his bones, Call on him for't]