[1328] So Dy. and W. Cf. H. V., Prol. to Act II. 34. Q 1, fit: which cannot be the v. tr., 'to array' or 'marshal' (see Morte Arthur, 1755, etc., as in N. E. D.) G. suggests 'fet,' which avails nothing. Q 3 has 'sit,' which was probably intended for 'set.'
[1329] For the emergency. Cf. Fletcher, Loyal Subject, IV. ii.
[1330] Dodge. So Redford's Wit. and Sc., "The fechys of Tediousnes"; cf. Lear II. iv.
[1331] Swaggering. Like Cowley's Cutter.
[1332] So Qtos. = "Can't I? Yes, I can." Dy. and W., unnecessarily: 'Yet, what,' etc.
[1333] On Edw.'s abrupt utterances, see Appendix [C]. On these lines C, 1 d.
[1334] W.: 'thy fool disguise.' But Bacon means "That fool parading in your clothes does not deceive me as to your identity."
[1335] Cf. x. 3: (black) jacks, leathern wine-jugs.
[1336] After Bacon and Edw. had walked a few paces about (or perhaps toward the back of) the stage, the audience were to suppose that the scene was changed to the interior of Bacon's Cell. Dyce.
[1337] Common construction; but Q 3, 'pleade.' Metre, Appendix [B], 2.