[186] Old eds. "Weele." [187] It is not absolutely necessary to suppose that there is an allusion to any particular forest. What the queen means is that she is seeking solitude. [188] Scene: a street. [189] Scene: the New Temple (cf. ll. 74-5 of scene ii.). At the entrance of the king we are to suppose a change of scene. [190] "Was the poet thinking of Ovid, 'Non bene conveniunt,' &c. Met. ii. 846?"--_Dyce_. [191] Perhaps we should read "upon": but "traitor" may be pronounced as a trisyllable by inserting a vowel sound before the first _r_. [192] Float. [193] So ed. 1612.--Ed. 1598 "lord." [194] So ed. 1598.--Ed. 1612 "are." [195] Loon, worthless fellow. [196] So ed. 1598.--Dyce prints "with," and neglects--contrary to his custom--to record the reading of the earlier copies. [197] This line and the preceding occur with slight alteration in the _Massacre of Paris_:-- "I'll fire his crazèd buildings and incense The papal towers to kiss the holy [sic] earth." [198] 4tos. "may." [199] So the old copies.--Dyce reads "My _love_ drops down a tear." [200] Care. [201] "The entrance of Kent seems to have been marked here by mistake."--_Dyce_. [202] 4tos. "Circes." [203] So ed. 1598.--Ed. 1612 "that." [204] So ed. 1598.--Dyce (who retains the verb "injury" in _1 Tamburlaine_, I, i.) prints silently "injures." [205] Avail. [206] Regard, consideration, Cf. _Hamlet_-- "There's the _respect_ That makes calamity of so long life." [207] Lower. [208] So ed. 1612.--ed. 1598 "soueraigne." [209] Affianced him. [210] Eds. 1598, 1612, "Hector." Ed. 1622 "The conquering _Hector did_ for Hilas weepe." [211] Cf. _2 Henry VI._ i. 3:-- "She bears a _duke's revenue on her back_." [212] Worthless fellows. [213] So ed. 1598.--Later eds. "others." [214] Scene: a hall in Gloucester's mansion. [215] So ed. 1612.--Omitted in ed. 1598. [216] Scene: before Tynemouth Castle. [217] Reed refers to Pliny's _Nat. Hist_., ix. 19; but Pliny merely says that the exocoetus would leap on to a rocky ledge in warm weather and there bask in the sun. It is curious that Dyce, who was such an enthusiast for Athenæus, did not refer his readers to the account of the exocoetus quoted from Clearchus in _Deipnos._ viii. 5. According to this authority the fish, when basking on the ledge, has to be constantly on his guard against king-fishers and the like, and when he sees them afar, flies leaping and gasping until he dives under the water. Perhaps Marlowe had in his mind some embellished account that he had found in Gesner or Bellonius. [218] So ed. 1612.--Omitted in ed. 1598. [219] Old eds. "_Edw._" (a misprint for "_Edm._"--the prefix in the 4tos. to Kent's speeches.) [220] Old eds. "gresses" (for "gesses.")--"Jesses" were the straps round a hawk's legs, with rings (called "varvels,") to which the falconer's leash was attached. [221] So ed. 1622.--Eds. 1598, 1612, "sure." [222] Old eds. read:--