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F'Exit'(both at! 21). 23. S.D. (Cap. subs:) £>,Fom.
24. pass upon see G. 26. court'sy see G.
27. S.D. (<Cap. after 'traitor?') F (placed as
here). 'Enter Gloucester, and Seruants.'
29. corky arms see G. 'corky'; cf. Harsnett, p. 25,
'an old corkie woman' [Muir].
32. S.D. (Cainb.) Hard=tlght.
34. S.D. (J.D.W.) At 1. 32 his arms are bound to
his body; here he is tied down to the chair, find— (Q)
F'finde.'. S.D. (J.)
37. Naughty see G. 39. quicken see G-
40. hospitable favours=the features of your host.
43. Be simple-answered (Han.) 'Give a straight
answer' (Muir), F 'Be simple answer'd', Q (+Camb.)
'Be simple answerer'.
46. You have (Q, F) Q 2 (+Camb.) 'haue you*.
king...Speak. (J.D.W.) F. 'King: Speake.' Q 'King
speake ?'. Edd. usually follow Han.—'To whose hands
hayeyou...king?| Speak.'. Al. and Muir restore F, and
Sisson notes that 'To whose...King:' refers back to
'traitors' (1. 44). The F colon=a pause, wh. fills out
the line. Reg. need not ask: she 'knows the truth'
(1. 43); cf. her 'And false' (1. 49).
51. peril— (Q) F 'peril!.'.
52. answer (F) Q ( + Camb.)'first answere*.
53. / am...course sc. like a bear attacked by dogs at
a bear-baiting. Cf. Macb. 5. 7. 1-2 (almost word for
word).
54. Dover? (F) Q (+Camb.) 'Douersir?'.
57. rash (Q + Ridley) F (+Camb.) 'sticke', c£
R.III G. 'raze off'.
62. dearn (£>+Ridley'dern') F(+Camb.)'sterne\
Greg {Variants, p. 156) like Ridley takes Q readings here-,
as 'unquestionably Sh.'s'; but, being 'unusual or obso-
lescent', the words have been altered in F 'by either
prompter or editor' for the sake of readier under-