[258] “But yet I’ll hope the best” is by mistake given to Conan in the old copy.
[259] In the old copy Mordred’s reply is made a part of Conan’s observation.
[260] By an apparent error in the original the five preceding lines are given to Mordred.
[261] Arthur’s name is misprinted for that of Mordred in this place in the original.
[262] It stands rooms in the old copy, but to make sense of the line we must read grooms. [Grooms is here and afterwards used in the sense of man.]
[263] This reply, which belongs to Mordred, is given to Conan in the old copy.
[264] Instead of the words “commons grudge,” “realm envies” has been substituted and wafered over the text. The alteration, like some others, seems to have been originally pasted upon the objectionable passage.
[265] The following were substituted for the four preceding lines.
“The first art in a kingdom is to scorn
The envy of the realm. He cannot rule