SC. 4. "The heart of woman is. O Brutus, _Brutus_!" ACT III. SC. 1. "These couchings and these lowly courtesies Might fire the blood of ordinary men." As, so far as I know, the subs. _couching_ does not occur anywhere else, we might read, with Hanmer, _crouchings_; for nothing is more common than the omission of a letter by the printer. Singer, however, quotes from Huloet, "_Cowch_ like a dogge, Procumbo;" and we may see a reference to the dog in the whole speech. For _fire_ I would read _stir_. * * * * * "To you our swords have leaden points, Mark Antony; Our arms in strength of malice, and our hearts Of brother's temper do receive you in _them_." As the second line does not make sense, we may either, with Capell, read _no_ for 'in,' or, deeming the error to lie in 'malice,' substitute _friendship_, or some other word. * * * * * "A curse shall light upon the limbs of men." Johnson, followed by Dyce, prefers _lives_. I do not see much to be gained by the change. * * * * * "Passion I see is catching; from mine eyes." For 'from' the 2nd folio properly read _for_. * * * * * SC. 2. "Cæsar has had great wrong.--Has he, _my_ masters?" * * * * * "Read the will. We will hear it Antony; You shall read us the will. _Read_ Cæsar's will." * * * * * "For I have neither writ, nor words, nor worth." The 2nd folio properly read _wit_, i.e. mental power. ACT IV. SC. 1. "One that feeds On objects, arts, and imitations," etc. I see no objection to this line; but Theobald read, and Dyce approves of, '_abject_ arts.' * * * * * "Our best friends made, our means stretch'd _to the utmost_." I most willingly adopt this excellent addition of Malone's, which is every way to be preferred to the usually adopted reading of the 2nd folio, "_and_ our _best_ means stretched _out_." Of Malone's reading Mr. Collier says, "which is not only a bad verse, but is supported by no authority," as if the 2nd folio was an authority! And "a bad verse!" Mr. Collier has strange ideas of metre. * * * * * SC. 3. "_Yet_ let me tell you, Cassius, you yourself." Some read '_And_ let me'; but 'Yet,' in which I had been anticipated, seems preferable. * * * * * "Brutus, _bay_ not me." Theobald's judicious correction; the folio has _baite_. * * * * * "Set in a note-book, learn'd and conn'd by rote To cast into my teeth." The proper word is _his_, not 'my'; but it may be one of the poet's usual slips. * * * * * "Cicero one!--_Yes_; Cicero is dead." * * * * *