crush it and they will bow to me

Malvolio: "......and yet to crush it a little, it would bow to me...." (II.v.143-145)

This scene really makes me laugh because it shows what love can do to a man. Malvolio is completely lovestruck and blinded by the hope that this letter he is reading is about him. He completey misconstrues the letter to make it seem as if it is about him. Little does he know it was written by Maria and not Olivia. He says crush because he wants to crush the letters to make his name fit into it and if he does crush it the letter will bow to him and therefore it would mean that Olivia would really love him. We all know this is untrue unfortunately he doesnt.