'They're loving, well compos'd with gifts of nature, Flowing and swelling o'er with arts and exercise.' The reading which we have adopted in the text is that of Mr Staunton. The word 'Flowing' was in all probability a marginal correction for 'swelling,' which the printer of the Folio by mistake added to the line. NOTE XII. IV. 5. 96. The Quarto reads: '_Vlis._ The yongest sonne of _Priam_, a true knight.' The first Folio has: '_Vlis._ The youngest Sonne of _Priam_; A true Knight; they call him _Troylus_.' The second Folio amended the metre of the second line by reading, 'And a true Knight; they call him Troylus;' which was followed in the later Folios and Rowe. Pope restored the reading of the Quarto, which is probably the true one, as the words 'they call him Troilus' occur lower down in the speech, at line 108. If they are retained at all, we should read, '_Ulys._ They call him Troilus: The youngest son of Priam, a true knight;' but most likely they are the insertion of a hasty corrector. NOTE XIII. IV. 5. 103. Although we have not been able to find any other instance of 'impair' as an adjective, we have retained it; for editors should be careful not to obliterate ἅπαξ λεγόμενα, and etymologically 'impair' may have the sense of 'unsuitable, unequal to the theme.' Johnson's conjecture of 'impure,' though plausible, is not entirely satisfactory, as it is Troilus's ripeness of judgement and not his modesty which is the subject of praise. NOTE XIV. V. 2. 12. The short speeches throughout this scene are printed as verse first by Steevens (1793). This arrangement has been generally adopted by later editors. From the manner in which the short lines are arranged in the earlier editions it is impossible to say whether they were intended to be read as verse or not. An alteration made by Pope in line 40 for the sake of the metre shows that he read some of the lines at least as verse. NOTE XV. V. 3. III. The Folio here inserts the following lines: '_Pand._ Why, but heare you? _Troy._ Hence brother lackie; ignomie and shame Pursue thy life, and liue aye with thy name.' As they occur again, with a slight variation in the first line, in the last scene, we have followed the Quarto in omitting them. This is an indication that the play has been tampered with by another hand than Shakespeare's. NOTE XVI. V. 7. 6. Mr Collier quotes the Duke of Devonshire's copy of the Quarto as authority for the reading 'aims,' 'the letter i being a little indistinct.' This is a mistake. The indistinct letter is, beyond all question, an imperfect r. Capell's copy and the two copies in the British Museum all have 'armes.' In the same note Mr Collier quotes the Folio as reading 'arm,' not 'arme,' and attributes Capell's correction to Steevens. NOTE XVII.