I.iii.104 (30,7) brotherhoods in cities] Corporations, companies, _confraternities_. I.iii.128 (31,8) That by a pace goes backward] That goes backward _step by step_. I.iii.128 (31,9) with a purpose/It hath to climb] With a design in each man to aggrandize himself, by slighting his immediate superior. I.iii.134 (31,1) bloodless emulation] An emulation not vigorous and active, but malignant and sluggish. I.iii.152 (31,2) Thy topless deputation] _Topless_ is that has nothing _topping_ or _overtopping_ it; supreme; sovereign. I.iii.167 (32,3) as near as the extremest ends/Of parallels] The parallels to which the allusion seems to be made are the parallels on a map. As like as East to West. I.iii.179 (32,4) All our abilities, gifts, natures, shapes, Severals and generals of grace exact, Atchievements, plots] The meaning is this, All our good _grace exact_, means of _excellence irreprehensible_. I.iii.184 (32,5) to make paradoxes] _Paradoxes_ may have a meaning, but it is not clear and distinct. I wish the copies had given, --to make _parodies_. I.iii.188 (33,6) bears his head/In such a rein] That is, holds up his head as haughtily. We still say of a girl, _she bridles_. I.iii.196 (33,7) How rank soever rounded in with danger] A _rank weed_ is a _high weed_. The modern editions silently read, How _hard_ soever-- I.iii.202 (33,8) and know by measure/Of their observant toil the enemies' weight] I think it were better to read, --and know _the_ measure, _By_ their observant toil, _of_ th' enemies' weight. I.iii.220 (34,1) Achilles' arm] So the copies. Perhaps the author wrote, --_Alcides'_ arm. I.iii.262 (35,4) long continu'd truce] Of this long _truce_ there has been no notice taken; in this very act it is said, that _Ajax coped Hector yesterday in the battle_. I.iii.270 (36,7) (With truant vows to her own lips he loves)] That is, _confession made with idle vows to the lips of her whom he loves_. I.iii.319 (37,1) nursery] Alluding to a plantation called a nursery. I.iii.341 (38,4) scantling] That is, a _measure_, _proportion_. The carpenter cuts his wood to a certain _scantling_. I.iii.343 (38,5) small pricks] Small _points compared_ with the volumes. II.i (40,1) _The Grecian camp. Enter Ajax and Thorsites_] ACT II.] This play is not divided into acts in any of the original editions. II.i.13 (41,2) The plague of Greece] Alluding perhaps to the plague sent by Apollo on the Grecian army.