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266 NOTES 5.3.
90. An Interlude! (F) Q om. see G.
94. S.D. (Mai.) Q,Fom. make(F) Q(+Camb.)
'proue'. See 1949 ed. p. 161. 97. Rowe's 'aside'.
medicine here=poison (On.).
98. S.D..(Mal.) Q, Fom. he is (Q) F 'hes\
100. the (F) Q (+Camb.) 'thy'.
103. Edmund. A...herald! From Q; F~om.
104. sp.-hdg. Q, F om. (see prev. note), thy single
virtue=your own valour.
107. S.D. (i) <Theob.'ExitRegan,led'. Q,Fom.
(ii) <F—after 1.102; placed here by Han.
108. Dashes <Cap.+Camb.; commas in Q, F.
trumpet (Q) F 'Trumper'.
108-16. Come hither...Again! (F, subs.) Q gives
no S.D.'s before 'Enter Edgar', etc. but introduces
'Cap. Sound Trumpet?' after 'read out this.', and
'Bast. Sound? Again?' between 'in his defence' and
*Enter Edgar', etc. Sisson following Jennens, insists
that the command to 'sound' is the Herald's business.
Al. omits S.D. 'A trumpet sounds' at 1. n o but
otherwise follows F.
116. S.D. <F 'Trumpet answers within. I Enter
Edgar armed,' Q 'Enter Edgar at the third sound, a
trumpet before him.'
120-1. lost,- \By.. .tooth (Theob.) Q 'lost by treasons
tooth.', F 'lost I By Treasons tooth:'. F inherits Q's
erroneous punct. 127. mine i.e. my sword.
128. Behold sc. my sword, it i.e. the drawing of a
sword against an adversary, and the challenging of him
to single combat, the...honours, (Pope+Camb.) F'my
priuiledge, | The priuiledge of mine Honours'—prob.
a mere compositorial aberration.
129. oath At his initiation, profession Of knight-
hood.
131. Despite (Camb.) Q 'Despight', F 'Despise'.
victor-sword (F, subs.) .Q 'victor sword', fire-new