Note to The Merchant of Venice, 3.2.73. "So may the outward shows be least themselves"


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Act 3, Scene 2, line 73.
So may the outward shows be least themselves: i.e., so (as was conveyed by the song) may what looks best on the outside be of the least essential worth.
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