 Similarly, the "dram of eale" In "Hamlet" I, iv, 36 can be sensibly interpreted as "dram of ev'l [evil]", but has also been interpreted as "dram of ale".Other Shakespearean cruxes have not been so successfully resolved.In "All's Well That Ends Well," IV.ii, 38-9, Diana observes to Bertram,

Editors have reached no consensus on exactly what "ropes in such a scarre" can mean, or how it should be amended