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play. The discrepancy, prob. due to revision, has
occasioned much discussion, for which v. Introd. p. xlvii,
and Furness, and cf. 0sterberg, Prince Hamlet's Age
(Copenhagen, 1924) for an opinion differing from that
just given.
166-67. Here's a skull.. .hath lien you Q2 'heer's
a scull now hath lyen you,' FI 'Heres a Scull now: this
Scull, has laine.' The sexton turns it over in his hands,
as he speaks. MSH. p. 257.
175. skull, sir, was, sir (£) 2) F1 ' Scull Sir,this same
Scull sir, was.' MSH. p. 257.
Torick's The Danish name 'Georg' sounds rather
like 'Yory' or 'Yorig,' and it seems prob. (as Ainger
pointed out) that this is the name intended. Many have
taken it as referring to Tarlton: but he died in 1588,
which makes 'three-and-twenty years' impossible; his
name was Richard; and he was a stage-clown not a
court jester.
205-206. loam.. .beer-barrel N.E.D. ('loam' 2)
quotes from 1759 'A c^e of plaisterers stiff loam, or
such as the brewers use to stop their beer barrels.' The
loam was commonly mixed with horse dung, which
renders the 'use' still more 'base.'
207. Imperious v. G.
211. awhile (Q2) Fi 'aside.' MSH. pp. 245,
267.
212. S.D. £)2 'Enter K. Q. Laertes and the corse,'
F I 'Enter King, Queene, Laertes, and a Coffin, with
Lords attendant.' The latter was expanded by Capell
and Malone to 'Enter Priests, &c. in procession; the
Corpse of Ophelia, Laertes and Mourners following:
King, Queen, their trains, &c.'—which all mod. edd.
read, though it suggests candles, incense and the full
Catholic ceremony, and thus flies in the face of Ham.'s
talk of 'maimecl rites' immediately after (v. Sh. Eng. ii.
271). Moreover, instead of 'Priests &c.' Qz gives us
a single Protestant minister (v. notel. 220). The 'Cour-