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censure, which is now irreuocable' with 'this ruthlesse
doome', in heir (M.S.R. 11. 104-5). J.C.M. notes
'reverse...doom' in Tit. 3. 1. 24, and Rom. 3. 3. 60.
'Doom'=judgement, sentence. For 'reserve', 'state',
see G.
150. Answer...judgment= 'Let my life be answer-
able for my judgement' (F).
152-3. Nor...hollowness <prov. Tilley, V 36,
'Empty vessels sound most.' sounds Reverb (<F) Q
( + Camb.) 'sound Reuerbs'. low Cf. 5. 3. 272-3, and
In trod. pp. xxiv-xxv. Reverb=reverberate. A word
specially coined for the occasion, poss. in order to
quibble upon'verb'= word. 154. a (Q) F om.
155. wage see G. ne'er feared (Sisson <Furn.) F
'nere feare' Q (+Camb.) 'nor feare'. The F collator
prob. changed Q 'nor' to 'nere' but overlooked 'feare'.
156. motive (<F) Q(+Camb.)'themotiue'.
158. The...blank of thine eye Lit. the centre of
your eye's target; fig. the faithful servant you will always
look to. See G. 'blank'. Ironic modification of'out
of my sight' (1. 156).
159. Apollo— (Q 2) Q I, F 'Apollo'.
160. in vain i.e. they will not hear you. S.D. (Rowe).
162. Kill (F) Q (+Camb.) 'Doe, kill', where
'Doe' = 'go on!'. But this, wh. detracts from the
dignity of F, is surely an actor's interpolation, the fee
(Q+Camb.)' F 'thy fee', where the F comp. has prob.
repeated 'thy' from earlier in the line. [G.I.D., with-
drawing the note in 1949-]
163. the...disease i.e. flattery, cf. 1. 147. thy gift
(<F) Q (+Camb.) 'thy doome'—prob. a memorial
error; see 1. 148, n. and cf. 3 H. VI, 2.6. 46 [J.C.M.];
'thy gift' = the giving of Cord.'s portion to Corn, and Alb.
166. thine (F) Q (+Camb.) 'thy'.
167. That (F)='seeing that'; £> (+Camb.) 'Since'.
See 1949 ed. pp. 126-7.