He vented them: most narrow measure lent me :
When the best hint was given him, he not took'd,^
Or did it from his teeth.b

Оста.
O, my good lord,
Believe not all; or if you must believe,
Stomach not all. A more unhappy lady,

If this division chance, ne'er stood between,
Praying for both parts:

The good gods will mock me presently,

When I shall pray, 0, bless my lord and husband!

Undo that prayer, by crying out as loud,

O, bless my brother! Husband win, win brother, Prays, and destroys the prayer; no midway "Twixt these extremes at all.

a-he not took'd,-] An emendation by Thirlby; the old lection being," he not look'd."

b Or did it from his teeth.] To do any thing from the teeth, was to do it in pretence only, not from the heart; thus Burton,"friendship from teeth outward, counterfeit." So in "Withal's Dictionary for Children," 1616, quoted by Mr Singer, "Lingua amicus: A friend from the teeth outward."

e Than yours so, &c.] The text of the second folio, that of 1623 has," Then your so," &c.

CES. Contemning Rome, he has done all this, and more;

In Alexandria-here's the manner of 't,-
I' the market-place, on a tribunal silver'd,
Cleopatra and himself in chairs of gold
Were publicly enthron'd: at the feet, sat
Cæsarion, whom they call my father's son,
And all the unlawful issue that their lust
Since then hath made between them. Unto her
He gave the stablishment of Egypt; made her
Of lower Syria, Cyprus, Lydia,
Absolute queen.
MEC.

This in the public eye?

CES. I' the common show-place, where they exercise.

d-stain-] Stain, if correct, must mean eclipse or cast in the shade; a sense the word is often found to bear in old literature; but stay, as suggested by Boswell, is more accordant with the context, and may easily have been misprinted stain.

what is the success?] What follows? what is the upshot?

f - rivality;] Participation, copartnership.

g Then, world, thou hast a pair of chaps,--] A restoration by Hanmer; the old text having, "Then would thou hadst a paire," &c.

h They'll grind the one the other, &c.] Capell supplied, "the one," which had obviously been omitted in the early copies.

His sons he there* proclaim'd the kingst of kings: Great Media, Parthia, and Armenia,

He gave to Alexander; to Ptolemy he assign'd
Syria, Cilicia, and Phoenicia. She

In the habiliments of the goddess Isis (1)
That day appear'd; and oft before gave audience,
As 't is reported, so.

MEC.
Let Rome be thus inform'd.
AGR. Who, queasy with his insolence already,
Will their good thoughts call from him.

CES. The people know it; and have now receiv'd

Up to a whore; who now are levying

The kings o' the earth for war: he hath assembled
Bocchus, the king of Libya; Archelaus,
Of Cappadocia; Philadelphos, king

Of Paphlagonia; the Thracian king, Adallas;
King Malchus of Arabia; king of Pont;
Herod of Jewry; Mithridates, king
Of Comagene; Polemon and Amyntas,
The kings of Mede and Lycaonia,
With a more larger list of sceptres.
OCTA.
Ay me, most wretched,
That have my heart parted betwixt two friends,
That do afflict each other!

CAS. Welcome hither: Your letters did withhold our breaking forth; Till we perceived, both how you were wrong'd, And we in negligent danger. Cheer your heart: Be you not troubled with the time, which drives O'er your content these strong necessities; But let determin'd things to destiny Hold unbewail'd their way. Welcome to Rome! Nothing more dear to me. You are abus'd Beyond the mark of thought: and the high gods, To do you justice, make them ministers

Of us and those that love you. Best of comfort; And ever welcome to us!