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feelings of compassion under strong provocation: you
alone do not: but you and your sister will be divinely-
punished for your unparalleled cruelly to your father'
(1949 ed. p. 154; Muir agrees).
69. help... F 'helpe.—'. A long dash in F marks
the moment of the deed. 70. One...another=One
side will make the other look ridiculous.
71. If...vengeance— Cf. 11. 64-5. vengeance—(Q)
F'vengeance.'. I Servant. (Cap., subs.) Q'Seruant.',
F 'Seru.'. We follow Cap. also at 11. 75, 78, 80,98, etc.
76. Regan. What...mean? (K. <Craigconj.) Con-
tinued to the Servant in Q, F (+Camb.). Given to
Corn. (Furn. conj.). G.I.D. now accepts K.
77. villain? 79. thus? (F). Question marks in
F may often=exclam. marks, and Camb. prints them
here. But Corn, and Reg. are incredulous—can a
menial be so bold? See G.'villain'.
77-8. S.D.s (G.I.D.) Q (+Camb.) 'draw and
fight.'(1. 77); Fom.
78. take...anger—risk fighting with an angry man.
79. (i) S.D. (G.I.D.) Q, F om. (ii) S.D. (£) F
'Killes him.'.
81. S.D. (<£>2) Q, Fom.
85. nature filial affection.
88. overture see G. Accented 'overture*.
93. S.D. (G.I.D.) F 'Exit with Glouster.'. Etna
look you?=mod. 'How do you seem ?'.
95. Turn...villain. Preoccupied with his Wound, he
does not notice that Glo. has gone.
97. S.D. <Theob.'Exit Cornwall, led by Regan.',
F 'Exeunt.'.
98-106. From Q. Fom. 'Reduces the number of
speaking parts in the sc. by two' (G.I.D. 1949 ed. p. 8).
Cf. 4. 7. 85-97, n.
98, 102. sp.-hdgs. <Cap.; Q 'Seruant.' at 1. 98,
'1 Ser.'atl. 102.