There is something wanting here; for in this play the speeches never begin thus with a short line. It is evident also that it is one kind of pride, that of dress, that is spoken of. I therefore read without hesitation 'pride of _bravery_,' and, three lines further on, _wearer's_ for 'weary,' in which I had been anticipated by Singer. * * * * * "Of what kind should this cock come of." This seems to be a third instance of effacement in a single page of the MS. I would add _I marvel_. * * * * * "And take upon command what help we have." "And in his room not only to eat his fill, but _be the lord_ of the feast." (Lodge, Rosalynde, p. 53.) "They covet not their neighbours' goods; but _command_ all that is their neighbours' as their own." (MS., 1559, _ap._ Froude, Hist. of Eng. viii. 3.) * * * * * "_And_ then the whining schoolboy." This is a proper addition of Pope's. ACT III. SC. 2. "Here comes young master Ganymede, my new mistress['s] brother." Though it stands thus in the folio, metre and the usage of the time reject the _s_. * * * * * "But the fair of Rosalind." We might read 'fair _face_,' or, with Rowe, _face_ for 'fair'; which last, however, is the same as fairness; so no change is needed. * * * * * "Winter'd garments must be lined." The 3rd folio properly reads _Winter_. * * * * * "Why should this desert be?" Rowe read '_a_ desert'; Tyrwhitt '_silent_ be.' I rather prefer the latter; but it is against it that, excepting in one of the following and the six last lines, the first foot is always monosyllabic. I have therefore followed Rowe. * * * * * "Or at every sentence end." For 'Or' I read _And_. (See Note at end of Samson Agonistes in my Edition of Milton's Poems.) * * * * * "It may well be called Jove's tree when it drops forth fruit." The 2nd folio reads 'forth _such_; Capell read _such_ for 'forth.' Perhaps the first is to be preferred; yet I find I have followed Capell in my Edition. * * * * * "_Make_ me believe it! You may as soon make her." Surely the passage thus gains not only in metre, but in spirit. * * * * * SC. 3. "By so much is a horn more precious than to want." There is apparently an aposiopesis here. * * * * * "Leave me not behind thee, _prythee_." Both rime and metre require this addition; yet none of the critics has made it. * * * * * SC. 4. "Breaks his staff like a noble goose." Singer, very unnecessarily and most tamely, reads _notable_ for 'noble.' Printing from his edition, I have heedlessly followed him in mine.