  Act i. sc. 1. Dinant's speech:— “Are you become a patron too? 'Tis a new one, No more on't,” &c. Seward reads:— “Are you become a patron too? How long Have you been conning this speech? 'Tis a new one,” &c. If conjectural emendation like this be allowed, we might venture to read:— “Are you become a patron to a new tune?” or,— “Are you become a patron? 'Tis a new tune.” Ib.— “Din. Thou wouldst not willingly Live a protested coward, or be call'd one? Cler. Words are but words. Din. Nor wouldst thou take a blow?” Seward's note. O miserable! Dinant sees through Cleremont's gravity, and the actor is to explain it. “Words are but words,” is the last struggle of affected morality. |
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