As the epithets are here most inappropriate, we should probably transpose them, as I have done (see on iv. 1); for heath is brown, and "they were in a clump or cluster of _tall furze_," says Scott (Redgauntlet, ch. xvi.). We might also transpose the substantives (see on Twelfth Night, i. 2, and on M. N. D. ii. 1). Hanmer proposed to read "_Ling_, heath, _broom_, furze;" and this reading Mr. Dyce adopts; but _ling_ was probably a word unknown to the poet, and it is only another name for heath. * * * * * SC. 2. "Who had no doubt some noble creature in her." If 'creature' is not a collective, it is a misprint for 'creature_s_.' * * * * * "Was duke of Millaine, and his only heir And princess, no worse issued." Pope read, I think correctly, "_A_ princess." We have, "_And_ marriage" for "_A_ marriage" (Hen. VIII. ii. 4). See also on Jul. Cæs. v. 2. * * * * * "And to my state grew stranger." We should perhaps read '_a_ stranger.' * * * * * "I, thus neglecting worldly ends, all dedicate[d]." So also Ritson. See Rom. and Jul. i. 1. * * * * * "Was dukedom large enough _for_; of temporal royalties." * * * * * "Than other princess can, that have more time For vainer hours, and tutors not so careful." As the plural of 'princess' does not occur in Shakespeare, and a plural seems required here, I suspect that 'princess' may be a collective. (See Introd. p. 70.) For 'hours' we might read _joys_, i.e. enjoyments. Still the passage may be as the poet wrote it. * * * * * "I find my zenith doth depend upon A most auspicious star." I am not sufficiently versed in astrology to determine whether 'zenith' be right or not. * * * * * "Yea, his dread trident shake.--_That's_ my brave spirit!" Like the subsequent "Why, that's my spirit!" and "That's my noble master!" So also Hanmer. * * * * * "Some trick of desperation. All but _the_ mariners." * * * * * "Bound sadly home for Naples, supposing that They saw the king's ship wrack'd, and his great person perish." This is undoubtedly the proper arrangement. * * * * * "Of the salt deep, to run upon the sharp Wind of the north, to do me business in The veins of the earth, when it is bak'd with frost.-- I do not, sir.--Thou liest, malignant thing! Hast thou forgot the foul witch, Sycorax, Who with age and envy was grown into a hoop? Hast thou forgot her?--No, sir.--Thou hast. Where was she born?" So we should arrange the whole passage. * * * * * "Come _forth_, thou tortoise! When?" Steevens made the same addition.