Both merits pois'd, each weighs no less nor more, But he as he, the heavier for a whore] I read, But he as he, _each_ heavier for a whore. _Heavy_ is taken both for _weighty_, and for _sad_ or _miserable_. The quarto reads, But he as he, _the_ heavier for a whore. I know not whether the thought is not that of a wager. It must then be read thus: But he as he. Which heavier for a whore? That is, _for a whore_ staked down, _which is the heavier_. IV.i.78 (94,7) We'll not commend what we intend to sell] I believe the meaning is only this: though you practise the buyer's art, we will not practise the seller's. We intend to sell Helen dear, yet will not commend her. IV.ii.62 (96,4) My matter is so rash] My business is so _hasty_ and so abrupt. IV.ii.74 (97,6) the secrets of neighbour Pandar] [Pope had emended the Folio's "secrets of nature" to the present reading] Mr. Pope's reading is in the old quarto. So great is the necessity of collation. IV.iv.3 (99,1) The grief] The folio reads, The grief is fine, full perfect, that I taste, And no less in a sense as strong As that which causeth it.-- The quarto otherwise, The grief is fine, full, perfect, that I taste, And _violenteth_ in a sense as strong As that which causeth it.-- _Violenteth_ is a word with which I am not acquainted, yet perhaps it may be right. The reading of the text is without authority. IV.iv.65 (101,3) For I will throw my glove to death] That is, I will _challenge_ death himself in defence of thy fidelity. IV.iv.105 (103,5) While others fish, with craft, for great opinion, I, with great truth, catch mere simplicity.] The meaning, I think, is, _while others_, by their art, gain high estimation, I, by honesty, obtain a plain simple approbation. IV.iv.109 (103,6) the moral of my wit/Is, _plain and true_] That is, the _governing principle of my understanding_; but I rather think we should read, --the _motto_ of my wit Is, plain and true,-- IV.iv.114 (103,7) possess thee what she is] I will _make thee fully understand_. This sense of the word _possess_ is frequent in our author. IV.iv.134 (104,9) I'll answer to my list] This, I think, is right, though both the old copies read _lust_. IV.v.8 (105,1) bias cheek] Swelling out like the bias of a bowl. IV.v.37 (106,3) I'll make my match to live./The kiss you take is better than you give] I will make such _bargains_ as I may live by, _such as may bring me profit_, therefore will not take a worse kiss than I give. IV.v.48 (107,4) Why, beg then] For the sake of rhime we should read, Why beg _two_. If you think kisses worth begging, beg more than one. IV.v.52 (107,5) Never's my day, and then a kiss of you] I once gave both these lines to Cressida. She bids Ulysses beg a kiss; he asks that he may have it, When Helen is a maid again-- She tells him that then he shall have it: When Helen is a maid again--