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Z26 NOTES 3.6.

Faustus, 2. I. 40, 'Solamen miseris socios habuisse
doloris' (Greg, Dr Faustus: A Reconstruction, 1950).
alone Emphatic, suffers, suffers most (Theob.) Q
'suffers suffers, most'.
no . high noises rumours from court—wh. will
give him the cue when to 'bewray' (see G.) himself.
112. In...proof"=when thou hast been proved just.
reconciles thee sc. to thy father.
114. S.D. (<Theob.'Exit Edgar.') Qom.

3-7
S.D. Loc. (Cap. subs.) Entry (<Fsubs.).
1. S.D. (Furn.)
2. this letter Cf. 3. 3.10-11, 21; 3. 5. n-13 . We
are left to suppose that Edm. filched it from Glo.'s
closet.
3. Cap. (+Camb.) gives here a S.D. 'Exeunt some
of the Servants.' But 'Corn, is as yet only laying out his
plans. At 11. 22-3 he gives his order, and a stage-direc--
tion is necessary' (Sisson).
8,10. bound to see G. 9. Duke, where (alledd.)
Q, F 'Duke where'. where=to whom. Cf. 1. 1.
10. /o=to make, festinate (F 2) F I 'festiuate'.
12-13. my...Gloucester Spoken pointedly. Cf. 3* 5..
18. 13. S.D. (<Q,F'Enter Steward.').
15. My...Gloucester i.e. old Glo. The contrast with,
s
11. 12-13 i effective.
16-17. Some...Hotquestrists Cf.2.4.65 fi:,T\..adfin.
Sh. never explains how Lear comes to be separated
from his reduced retinue and deliberately keeps their
whereabouts vague. See Greg (M.L.R., 1940,
p. 434, v n.) for an attempt to trace their movements.
18. of the lord's dependants, (Pope) F ' of the Lords,
dependants,'. Sc. of Glo.'s.
22. S.D. (Dyce subs.) Q 'Exit Gon. and Bast.\