171, or the dash that I have put at the end of IV. Iii. 5. Other alterations in the generally accepted text, that I have pointed out as possible, but not ventured to introduce into the text of this edition, will be found suggested in the notes on 1. Iii. 65, II. I. 83, ii. 46, iv. 18, III. I. 39, ii. I 18, and IV. Iii. 240. The only passage, as far as I know, to which, without departing from the usual reading, I have given an entirely new interpretation is III. I. I74, I 75. Few notes on the scansion of par ticular lines will be found in the following pages. Shakespeare's metre is a large subject, which requires general treatment with reference to all the plays. The commentary on any individual play would be over burdened, if an attempt were made to examine all the metrical irregularities that occur in it. The notes in this edition are mostly explanatory, and even with this.