So I read, with the two earliest 4tos; the others and the folio have _sun_ for 'son's'; and, with Malone, I see a reference to the Tale of Phaethon. Of the double genitive there are many instances. Theobald, who is followed by Singer, read _butter_ for 'Titan,' thinking there was an incongruity. But the Prince, in the exuberance of his spirits, spoke rather at random, heedless of the unconnectedness of his discourse. * * * * * "If thou didst, then behold that compound." It may be that _never_ has been omitted before 'didst.' * * * * * "Away, you starveling, you elf-skin." Hanmer and Warburton were right, I think, in reading _eel_ for 'elf.' * * * * * "You dried neat's tongue, _you_ bull's pizzle, you stock-fish." * * * * * "There is virtue in that Falstaff; him keep with." The poet probably wrote 'him keep with _thee_.' * * * * * "Misleader of youth, Falstaff, that old, white-bearded Satan." It would be better, both for emphasis and metre, to read '_that_ Falstaff.' ACT III. SC. 1. "The arch-deacon hath divided it _for us_." * * * * * "And then he runs _you_ straight and even_ly_." * * * * * "I'll _in and_ haste the writer and withal." So I think we should read with Steevens and Malone. "I'll in, to urge his hatred more to Clarence" (Rich. III. i. 1). * * * * * "He held me last night at _the_ least nine hours." * * * * * "As a tired horse or _as a_ railing wife." So Pope also. The usual correction is that of Capell, 'as _is_ a tired horse.' * * * * * "In faith, my lord, you are too wilful-blame_able_." We have "wilful-opposite" (K. John, v. 2), "wilful-negligent" (Wint. Tale, i. 2), "wilful-slow" (Son. li.), and "wilful-ignorant" (Fletcher, Woman-hater, v. 2). For my part, I regard it as a convincing proof of the truth of my theory of effacement (Introd. p. 57). * * * * * "Which thou pourest down from those swelling heavens." The Cambridge editors and myself have independently transposed in 'pourest down.' We might also read "Which from those," etc. * * * * * "Nay, _nay_, if you melt, then will she run mad." * * * * * "Come, Kate, _come_; thou art perfect in lying down." * * * * * "I had rather hear Lady, my brach, howl in Irish." So, after all the editors, I have printed it, in accordance with the 4tos; the folio applies 'Lady' to Lady Percy. I, however, strongly suspect that we should read 'my lady-brach,' as in Lear, i. 4, which would also accord better with the metre. See Index _s. v_. Brach.