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2.4. NOTES 193
ed.) F 1 'fickly'. Q (+Camb.) 'fickle'. The context
suggests, not that Osw. will one day find himself aban-
doned by Gon., but rather that her favour is a diseased,
repulsive thing. Cf. 'the Lady's brach', 1. 4. 113 and
'detested groom' (below, 1. 213). In con temp, script
'
'
and type P and s' being very similar, the collator
'
'
may have merely altered the Q e' to y\
184. Who...servant Q assigns to 'Go».' on entry,
reading 'Who struck my servant', etc.
185. S.D. (Fat I.183) J. placed after'here?'.
187. you yourselves (F) Q (+Camb.) 'your selues'.
189. S.D. (<J) Q, Fom.
190. will you (F) Q (+Camb.) 'wilt thou'.
193-4. O sides...hold? Cf. Tzo.N. 2. 4. 93-4, 'no
woman's sides Can bide the beating of so strong a
passion', and Ant. 4. 14. 39.
195. disorders This rubs in Gon.'s case (1.4.241-6)
against Lear's retainers.
196. much less advancement i.e. a far worse punish-
ment.
205. o'th' F 'oth", Q 'of the'. <wV=open air.
Fresh air was considered unhealthy in Sh.'s day.
206. wolf and owl Creatures of night.
207. Necessity's sharp pinch Cf. Florio's Montaigne
(Temple ed. 11,143): 'Necessitie must first pinch you by
the throat' [Muir].
208. hot-blooded(Pope) F'hot-bloodied'. Cf. 1.2.
23, n. 213. S.D. (J., subs.) Q, F om.
219. boil (Mai.) Q 'bile', F 'Byle'—correct
phonetic spelling of the period. Cf. 2. 2. 80, n.
220. plague-sore Hyphen <F 3. or(F)Q(+Camb.)
'an'. The words are graphically alike.
222. come sc. upon you. / Emphatic, call it=*
summon it.
230. mingle...passion dew your outbursts in the
light of reason..