I.i.241 (284,9) That I had no angry wit to be a lord] [W:  so hungry a wit] The meaning may be, I should hate myself for patiently enduring to be a lord.  This is ill enough expressed.  Perhaps some happy change may set it right.  I have tried, and can do nothing, yet I cannot heartily concur with Dr. Warburton.

I.i.259 (286,2) The strain of man’s bred out/Into baboon and monkey] Man is exhausted and degenerated; his strain or lineage is worn down into monkey.

I.ii.12 (288,5)

  If our betters play at that game, we must not dare
  To imitate them.  Faults that are rich, are fair]

[Warburton gave the second line to Apemantus] I cannot see that these lines are more proper in any other mouth than Timon’s, to whose character of generosity and condescension they are very suitable.  To suppose that by our betters are meant the Gods, is very harsh, because to imitate the Gods has been hitherto reckoned the highest pitch of human virtue.  The whole is a trite and obvious thought, uttered by Timon with a kind of affected modesty.  If I would make any alteration, it should be only to reform the numbers thus: 

  Our betters play that game; we must not dare
  T’ imitate then; faults that are rich are fair.

I.ii.34 (289,6) thou art an Athenian,/Therefore welcome:  I myself would have no power] If this be the true reading, the sense is, all Athenians are welcome to share my fortune; I would myself have no exclusive right or power in this house.  Perhaps we might read, I myself would have no poor.  I would have every Athenian consider himself as joint possessor of my fortune.

I.ii.38 (289,7) I scorn thy meat, ’twould choke me, for I should/ Ne’er flatter thee] [W:  ’fore/I should e’er] Of this emendation there is little need.  The meaning is, I could not swallow thy meat, for I could not pay for it with flattery; and what was given me with an ill will would stick in my throat.

I.ii.41 (290,8) so many dip their meat/In one man’s blood] The allusion is to a pack of hounds trained to pursuit by being gratified with the blood of the animal which they kill, and the wonder is that the animal on which they are feeding cheers them to the chase.

I.ii.52 (290,9) wind-pipe’s dangerous notes] The notes of the windpipe seem to be the only indications which shew where the windpipe is. (see 1765, VI, 184, 4)

I.ii.54 (290,1) My lord, in heart] That is, my lord’s health with sincerity.  An emendation hat been proposed thus: 

  My love in heart;—­

but it is not necessary.

I.ii.89 (292,2) we should think ourselves for ever perfect] That is, arrived at the perfection of happiness.