Chapter XCVIII: Act I: SCENE 1. Page 21

BUCK. ... but this top-proud fellow
(Whom from the flow of gall I _name not_, but
From _sincere motions_)

Dr. Johnson explains _sincere motions_ to be _honest indignation_; and, for _name not_, would substitute _blame not_. But is not the following the plain sense, without any alteration? "this top-proud fellow, whom I call so, not from an excess of bitterness, but from a genuine _impulse_ of the mind."

SCENE 1. Page 26.

BUCK. I am the shadow of poor Buckingham,
Whose figure even this instant cloud puts on,
By dark'ning my clear sun.

It is no easy matter on some occasions to comprehend the precise meaning of Shakspeare's metaphors, which are often careless and confused; and of this position the present lines are, doubtless, an example. We have here a double comparison. Buckingham is first made to say that he is but a shadow; in other terms, a dead man. He then adverts to the _sudden_ cloud of misfortune that overwhelms him, and, like a shadow, obscures his prosperity.

SCENE 3. Page 42.

CHAM. Is it possible the spells of France should juggle
Men into such strange _mysteries_?

Dr. Johnson's explanation is much too fanciful. Mysteries are _arts_, and here _artificial fashions_.