The second line is imperfect. In my Edition I added _still_ (printed, or perhaps written, _till_), and we might also read _closely_ or _truly_, i.e. faithfully. 'Whiles' is to be understood as till whiles. (See Index _s. v._) We might also end the line with it, and begin the next with _That_; as _while_ and _whiles that_ occur in Chaucer, Golding, and others. ACT V. SC. 1. "A bawbling vessel was he captain of." We should perhaps read 'bauble-vessel,' as in Tr. and Cr. i. 3. * * * * * "Then he's a rogue and a passy-measures panyn." The 2nd folio, which is generally followed, reads _pavin_, which is a dance, and so could hardly be used of a man. * * * * * "First told me thou wast mad. Then cam'st in smiling, And in such forms which here were presuppos'd Upon thee in the letter." For 'Then' I read '_Thou_.' (Introd. p. 68.) Theobald read 'cam'st _thou_.' In the next line we should probably read _as_ for 'which.' * * * * * "Of our dear souls. Meantime, sweet sister." We might read '_In the_ meantime,' but there is no necessity whatever for change. MEASURE FOR MEASURE. ACT I. SC. 1. "Since I am put to know that your own science Exceeds in that the lists of all advice My strength can give you." I know of no meaning 'put' has in English that will make any sense here. We must, then, regard it as a misprint; and as a negative is plainly wanting, I read _not yet_, the negative being, as so frequently, omitted, and 'put' printed for _yet_. "Why, brother Rivers, are you yet to learn?" (3 H. VI. iv. 4.) Pope read _not_ for 'put.' * * * * * "But that to your sufficiency as Your worth is able * * *" It is quite evident that part of a line has been lost. The numerous corrections attempted here may be seen in the Cambridge Edition. I supply _you add diligence_. * * * * * "Hold therefore, Angelo, _thy deputation_." Something was surely lost here; and as Angelo is constantly called the Deputy, _deputation_ (which occurs a few lines higher) seems to be the missing word. * * * * * SC. 2. "I grant as there may between the list[s] and the velvet." * * * * * "And which is more, within these three days his head'_s_ to be chopped off." * * * * * SC. 3. "Only for propagation of a dower Remaining in the coffer of her friends." For 'propagation' Malone would read _prorogation_; but the text seems to be right, as 'propagation' was used in the sense of extension, increase. "All kinds of natures That labour on the bosom of this sphere To _propagate_ their states."--Timon, i. 1.