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are often associated in Biblical references to corn; cf.
I Kings viii. 37; Amos iv. 9; Haggai ii. 17.
67.* moor Q2 'Moor.' Prob. a quibble upon
'blackamoor' which to Elizabethans typified the physic-
ally repulsive.
71-6. Sense sure., .difference F i omits. MSH.
pp. 28, 167. For 'sense,' 'motion,' 'ecstasy,' v. G. 'In
11. 71—2 the emotional aspect of the word (sense) is
prominent, in 11. 72-3 the intellectual' (Herford).
74—6. Nor sense.. .difference i.e. Feeling (or sen-
sation) has never been so dominated by the delusions of
madness that it did not retain some small portion of dis-
crimination, enough at any rate to see the gulf that divides
these two men.
78-81. Eyes.. .mope i omits. MSH. pp. 28,167.
F
88. reason pandars will Cf. V.A. 792 'When reason
is the bawd to lust's abuse.'
92. enseamid v. G. and Introd. p. xxxviii.
95. like daggers Cf. 3. 2. 399 I will speak daggers
'
to her.'
99-101. A cutpurse.. .pocket A clear indication
that Ham. thinks of the K. as a usurper; cf. 5. 2. 65 and
Introd. pp. liii-liv. 'He stole the crown "from a shelf"
like a petty thief, and h'ad not even the courage to take
it by violence' (Clar. after War burton),
102. of shreds and patches Referring to the motley of
the 'vice' (v. G.) or clown.
S.D.* I adopt the S.D. from Qr, which almost
certainly informs us of what took place on Sh.'s stage.
'Night-gown' = dressing-gown (cf. Macb. 2. 2. 70),
appropriate to the Queen's bedroom as the armour was
to the battlements. Cf. 1. 135 'in his habit as he lived/
103-104. Save me.. .guards! Cf. I. 4. 39 'Angels
and ministers of grace defend us!'
107. lapsed in time and passion Hitherto unex-
plained, because it has been forgotten that 'time' in,
Sh. often means 'circumstance, the conditions of the