REPLY1850
The disputed Passage in the "Tempest"
By COMMA.
I am the "COMMA" which MR. COLLIER claims the merit of having removed, and I humbly protest against the removal. I adhere to the reading of the folio of 1632, except that I would strike out the final *s* in labours. The passage would then read: "But these sweet thoughts so refresh my labour Most busy least, when I do it." That is, the thoughts so refresh my labour, that I am "most busy least" (an emphatic way of saying least busy), "when I do it," to wit, the labour. MR. HICKSON is ingenious, but he takes no notice of—