[341] Ed. 1. “is.”
[342] Old eds. “That they oft love their vailes; hold,” &c.—If the text is not corrupt, we must suppose that a sentence breaks off at the word “their.” Marston is fond of employing the horrid figure aposiopesis. “Vails” is intelligible on the supposition that Syphax is feeing the waiting-woman.
[343] Old eds. “get.”
[344] Old eds. “to.”
[345] Old eds. “place.”
[346] Dogs on the banks of the Nile were supposed to drink by snatches, running, from fear of the crocodiles.—(Aelian, Var. Hist. i. 4.)
[347] Old eds. “Only for thirst; the Flie,” &c.
[348] Old eds. “bear” and “beare.”
SCENE II.
Neighbourhood of Utica.