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54. f (F) Q (+Camb.) 'to'.
55. session. At (Theob.+Camb.) Q 'session at':
55-60. At...place. (<Q) F om. Hypocritically
implying 'that Lear and Cord, would not get a fair trial
under the circumstances' (Muir).
58. sharpness Qcorr. 'sharpnes'; uncorr. 'sharpes',
wh. may perh. be the right reading (see Greg, Variants,
X
P- 79)-
61. subject of= subordinate m.
69. in...addition i.e. by the title you confer upon
him.
71. That were etc. F gives to Alb., Q (+Camb.) to
Gon. That...most i.e. You couldn't say more if he were
your husband.
72. Jesters etc. 'There's many a true word spoken
in jest', see Tilley, W 772.
73. That eye...asquint Cf. G. 'asquint*, and
Tilley, L 498, 'Love, being jealous, makes a good eye
look squint'.
75. stomach see G.
77. the walls sc. of my heart, are (F 2) Fl'is*.
79. Mean...him? 'A dreadful piece of sarcasm in
view of what she has done' (Ver.).
80. let-alone see G. Cap.'s hyphen.
82. sp.-hdg.(<F) Q'Bast.' (Cf. Greg, Edit. Prob.
pp. 94-5). S.D. (Mai.) Q, F om. prove Imperative.
83. reason A delicious understatement. With all the
cards in his hand Alb. begins to enjoy himself.
84. thy (F) £> (+Camb.) 'thine', attaint (Q) F
'arrest'—repeated from 1. 83. S.D. (J.); Q, F om.
85-90. For your claim...bespoke. My wife's hand is
already promised to Edm. (provided she can abrogate
a previous contract) and I acting in her interests forbid
your banns. See G. 'sub-contracted'.
85. sister(Q) F'Sisters'. 86. bar(Rowe,ed.n)
£, F 'bare'. 88. banns Q 'banes', F 'Banes'