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258 NOTE S 5.2.
he had no heir of his body, went some way to secure the
rights of his successor. Cf. 3. 2. 343 'the voice pf the
king himself and the concern of the Privy Council to
obtain the voice of the dying Elizabeth in favour of
James (Cheyney, Hist, of Eng. ii. 575). Cf. Introi.
p. lv.
3 5 5. more and less = great and small, v. G.
356. Which have solicited—i.e. 'Which have incited
me to—' (Malone).
silence After this F i ludicrously adds 'O, o, 0, o.'
MSH. pp. 13, 78-9.
358. Jndflights of angels...rest! Malone writes:
The concluding words of the unfortunate Lord Essex's
prayer on the scaffold were these: '—and when my life and
body shall part, send thy blessed angels, which may receive
my soule, and convey it to the joys of heaven.' Hamlet had
certainly been exhibited before the execution of that amiable
nobleman; but the words here given to Horatio might have
been one of the many additions made to this play.
Cf. Intrdd. pp. lxv-lxvi.
362. This quarry cries on havoc A metaphor from
the chase; lit. 'This heap of dead proclaims an indis-
criminate and immoderate slaughter (of game).' Fortirt-
bras is describing the 'sight'; there is no suggestion of
vengeance, as many have supposed; cf. G. 'quarry,'
'cry on,' 'havoc'
363. feast Death, the huntsman, will feast on the
'quarry.' The 'eternal cell' is, of course, the grave;
cf. Tit. And. 1. 1.93.
370. his mouth Hor. points to the body of the K.
375—78. give order...came about Steevens quotes
Brooke's Romeus and Juliet (1562), 11. 2817-18:
The prince did straight ordaine, the corses that wer founde,
Should be set forth vpon a stage hye raysed from the
grounde,
379-83. Of carnal...heads Here 1. 379 sum-
marises the crimes of Claud.: adultery, murder, incest;