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standing, though 'stern' is inappropriate to the context.
Sisson accepts F considering Q's 'flesh rash borish fangs',
'disastrous to speak:' Are not sibilants apt to the
situation described? See G. 'rash', 'dearn'.
58. as his loved (G.I.D.; withdrawing 1949
reading) F (+Camb.) 'as his bare' Q uncorr. 'of his
lou'd', corr. 'on his lowd'. Most edd. accept F but
'loved' adds a touch of emotion, which is surely Sh.'s,
in this speech of high passion, while the colourless 'bare'
looks like a careless substitution by the prompter (cf.
'bare-headed' 3. 2. 60) if it be not a simple and not im-
probable misreading of 'loud'; cf. the Q 'layd' for F
'buoy'd' (prob. copy-sp. 'boyd') in 1. 59. The F 'as' on
the other hand must be correct and might in its turn
have been misread 'of by the Q compositor. As the
F collator was working here on an uncorr. sheet of Q,
we do not need to bother with 'on his lowd' (>Rid.
'low'd'). See Greg, Variants, pp. 168-9.
59. buoyed {<¥) Q uncorr.'layd', corr.'bod*.
60. quenched...fires Cf. Temp. 1. 2. 4-5, 'the sea,
mounting to th'welkin's cheek, Dashes the fire out'.
stelle'd fires=the fire of the stars, 'stelle'd' lit.=»
studded with stars (like a ceiling—e.g. prob. the Globe
'heavens'). Cf. Ham. 2. 2. 304, 'this brave o'erhanging
firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire'.
See G. 'stelle'd'.
61. holp...rain sc. by his tears. CH.Macb. 1.7.25,11.
(N.S.) and Introd. to Titus, p. lii.
63. 'Good...key 1 J.'s quot. marks. Most edd.
follow, but Furn. reads 'Good...subscribe'—see next
note.
64. Jllcruels else subscribe :(F) Q(+Camb.)'All...
subscrib'd*. Much debated. Taking 'cruels' as 'cruel
creatures' (see G. and Schmidt) and 'subscribe' as
'yield to pity' (as in Troil. 4. 5. 105-6), G.I.D.
interprets U. 64-5: 'AH other cruel creatures yield to