MS.: Ore my head. A verb is wanted. (?) Sail-stretch’d flies o’er my head. I., 1, 121.—MS.: ... ius furnished me. The line begins with a name to which there is no clue, probably introduced in the part now lost. I., 1, 122.—C.: (And) make my first appearance like myself. MS.: Made ? Which made, etc. I., 1, 123.—C.: (Have these) disloyal villains ravished from me. Addition required by sense. I., 1, 124.—C.: (Wret)ch that I was. MS.: “ch” at end of a word which has disappeared. “Wretch” gives the sense. I., 1, 125.—C.: (With) such a purchase. MS.: Such a purchase. The first word in the line has disappeared. I., 1, 126.—C.: Without (the) gold to fee an advocate. MS.: Without gold to fee an advocate. The first word in the line has disappeared. (?) And. I., 1, 127.—C.: (To) plead my royal title, nourish hope. MS.: Plead my royal title, nourish hope. The first word in the line has disappeared. “To” is required. I., 1, 129.—C.: Wanting the outer gloss. MS.: Wanting the outward gloss. I., 1, 153.—C.: Bids me become a beggar. But complaints are weak And womanish. I will like a palm-tree grow Under my (own) huge weight. MS.: Bids me become a beggar. But complaints Are weak and womanish. I will, like a palm-tree, Grow under my huge weight. I., 1, 155.—C.: Nor shall the fear Of death or torture that dejection bring Make me (or) live or die less than a king! MS. has: To make me live or die less than a king!—_i.e._, “that” in 156 is the demonstrative, not the relative. I., 2, 2.—C.: Keeps us at such (a) distance. MS.: Keeps us off at such distance. I., 2, 20.—C.: Sans doubt, he’s bent on mischief. MS.: Sans doubt he’s bent to mischief. I., 2, 24.—C.: He shall find I can Think, and aloud too. MS.: Chant, and aloud too. I., 2, 53.—C.: ’T had perfected thy life. MS.: It had. I., 2, 66.—C.: (to task). Not in MS. Traces of a word in the beginning of a line now lost at the foot of 66. I., 2, 67.—C.: If arrogantly you presume to take The Roman government, your goddess cannot Give privilege to it, and you’ll find and feel ’Tis little less than treason, Flamen. MS.: If arrogantly you presume to tax The Roman government, you’ll find and feel your goddess cannot Give privilege to it, and you’ll find and feel ’Tis little less than treason, Flamen. “You’ll find and feel” cancelled in line 68—_i.e._, the author changed his mind as he wrote. I., 2, 72.—C.: These Asiatic merchants whom you look on. MS.: These Asiatic merchants whom you look upon. “Merchants” added afterwards above the line, and the first syllable of “upon” deleted. I., 2, 90.—C.: To it again. MS.: To it again now. I., 2, 139.—C.: Yet you repine and rather choose to pay. MS.: Yet you repined and rather chose to pay. I., 2, 151.—C.: And this is my last caution. MS.: Since this is my last caution. I., 2, 161.—C.: (On) which.