Chapter CXXXVII: Act IV: SC. 1. "Toad that under cold stone."

A syllable is lost. Pope read '_the_ cold'; Steevens 'cold_est_.' I read 'under_neath_,' as in Jonson's line, "Underneath this stone doth lie."

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"Rebellious head rise never."

This is Theobald's reading for _dead_ of the folio. Hanmer reads 'Rebellions,' which may be right, but 'head,' often means insurrectionary forces.

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SC. 2. "But cruel are the times when we are traitors
And do not know _it_ ourselves."

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"_It_ shall not be long but I'll be here again."

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"Thou liest thou shag-ear'd villain."

Both Singer and Dyce read _hair'd_, and I think rightly. _Hair_ was originally pronounced _hear_, under which form it occurs in two of Shakespeare's older plays; so _shag-heared_ and 'shag-eared' would sound exactly alike.

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SC. 3. "You may deserve of him, and wisdom _'twere_."

A syllable has plainly been lost. For 'deserve,' the correction of Theobald, the folio has _discern_.

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"I would not be the villain that thou think'st _me_."

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"_Of aid_ of goodly thousands; but for all this."

The foot which is wanting may be thus supplied.

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"Convey your pleasures in a spacious plenty."

For 'Convey,' which hardly makes sense, Singer reads _Enjoy_.

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"Uproar the universal peace, confound
All unity on earth."

As it may be doubted if there is such a verb as 'Uproar,' and as it makes little sense, I would read _Uproot_ or _Uptear_.

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"_Then_ Heaven forgive him too.--This time goes manly."

This is the reading of the folio; but editors read _tune_ for 'time.' The terms were synonymous. See Gifford on Massinger's Roman Actor, ii. 1.

"About him fairies, sing a scornful rime,
And, as you trip, still pinch him to your _time_."
Mer. Wives, v. 5.