* * * * * "Who being suffered with the bear's fell paw." For 'being' it might be better to read _having_. * * * * * "And so to arms, _my_ victorious father!" * * * * * SC. 2. "To cease! Wast thou ordained _O_ dear father." * * * * * SC. 3. "Of Salisbury, who can report of him?" I have followed Collier's folio in reading _Old_ for 'Of.' * * * * * "Aged contusions and all brush of time, And like a gallant in the brow of youth." For 'brush' and 'brow' Collier's folio reads _bruise_ and _bloom_. KING HENRY VI.--PART III. ACT I. SC. 1. "Prove it _so_, Henry, and thou shalt be King." * * * * * "Before I would have granted to that act." This use of 'granted' is unusual; we might read _assented_. * * * * * "Will cost my crown, and like an empty eagle Tire on the flesh of me." I do not understand 'cost' here. Singer reads _coast_. * * * * * SC. 2. "Thou, Richard, shalt _unto_ the duke of Norfolk, And tell him privily of our intent. You, Edward, shall unto my lord _of_ Cobham." * * * * * "Courteous, witty, liberal, full of spirit." The folio reads 'Witty, courteous.' * * * * * "The Queen with all the Northern earls and lords Intend here to besiege you in your castle." We might incline to read 'Intend_s_'; but see Jul. Cæs. iv. 3, and Hen. VIII. i. 3. ACT II. SC. 2. "And this soft courage makes your followers faint." For 'courage' M. Mason gave from the original play _carriage_, which perhaps is right. * * * * * SC. 5. "So minutes, hoürs, days, _weeks_, months, and years." The printer evidently omitted _weeks_. * * * * * "And so obsequious will thy father be Men, for the loss of thee." For 'Men,' which makes no sense, I read _Son_; Rowe has _Lad_, Collier _Man_, Dyce _E'en_. It is possible also that a prep., as '_fore_ or _to_, may have been effaced before 'Men.' ACT III. SC. 1. "Let me embrace the sour adversaries." I read, with Pope, _adversities_. * * * * * "We charge you in God's name and _in_ the King's." * * * * * SC. 2. "Saying he'll lade it dry, to have his way." We should probably read _lay_ or _ladle_. * * * * * SC. 3. "Queen Margaret, prince Edward, and _lord_ Oxford." * * * * * "Peace, impudent and shameless Warwick, _peace_!" * * * * * "Thou and _lord_ Oxford, with five thousand men." ACT IV.