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Notes for lines 0-1017 ed. Bernice W. Kliman
For explanation of sigla, such as jen, see the editions bib.
77 When {he the ambitious} <th’Ambitious> Norway combated,1.1.61
1754 Grey
Grey: theo 1n +
77 Norway combated] Grey (1754, 2:282): “Saxo Grammaticus gives an account of this combat between Hormendillus King of Denmark, and Collerus King of Norway.” In a footnote he cites a long passage in Latin from Saxo: “In hæc data acceptaque[....] persequutus est. Histor. Danic. lib. iii. p.48,49. Vid. etiam Jo. Meursi i Histor. Danic. lib.1. p.11.”
1791 Walker
Walker, John
77 the] Walker (1791): the is pronounced thee before a consonant and thuh before a vowel.
1854 del2
del2
77 Norway] Delius (ed. 1854): “Der König von Norwegen. mit dem der Dänenkönig in eben solcher Rüstung einer Zweikampf bestanden hatte.” [The king of Norway with whom the Danish king had survived single combat in just such armor.]
1857 fieb
fieb John Walker without attribution
77 the] Fiebig (ed. 1857)
1870 rug1
rug1: standard see 61n
77 Norway] Moberly (ed. 1870): “So ‘France, Austria, Bohemia,’ for the sovereigns of these countries. . . . ”
1872 cln1
cln1: standard
77 Norway] Clark & Wright (ed. 1872): “i.e. the King of Norway, as in 1. 2. 28 [277]. So also [Tmp. 1.2.109 (207)], ‘absolute Milan,’ i.e. Duke of Milan. So in the Histories ‘France’ and ‘England’ repeatedly.”
1880 Tanger
Tanger
77 he] Tanger (1880, p. 121): “seems to be a simple accidental omission [in the folio].”
1891 dtn1
dtn1
77 combated] Deighton (ed. 1891): “met in personal combat; the verb is now used in a figurative sense only.”
1903 rlf3
rlf3: standard
77 Norway]
1924 TLS
Herford, C. R.
77 the ambitious] Herford (1924, p. 631): Evidently elision and no elision are equally possible between the and a word beginning with a vowel. It depends on “rhythmical sense.”
1936 TLS
Wilson, J. D.
77 Norway] Wilson (TLS 36 [1936]: 768) came to accept Malleson’s point that Fortinbras was the son of the king of Norway. Ed. note: Now generally accepted but by no means certain; Wilson argued against Malleson’s position in CN 99, which see.
1939 kit2
kit2: standard
77 Norway] Kittredge (ed. 1939): "The elder Fortinbras."
1947 cln2
cln2: standard
77 Norway]
1957 fol1
fol1: standard
77 Norway] Wright & LaMar (ed. 1957, rpt. 1963) “ruler of Norway, Fortinbras senior.”
1957 pel1
pel1: standard
77 Norway] Farnham (ed. 1957): “King of Norway.”
1970 pel2
pel2 = pel1
77 Norway] Farnham (ed. 1970): “King of Norway”
1980 pen2
pen2
77-9 Spencer (ed. 1980) asserts that there is no point in trying to determine Horatio’s age from the fact that he seems to have been eye-witness to this battle, which we learn later took place when Ham. was born [3338]. Spencer, like most commentators, assumes the battle mentioned here is the same as that described in 99-112.
1980 pen2
pen2
77 ambitious] Spencer (ed. 1980) asserts that the word had a negative connotation, as in 1780.
1982 ard2
ard2 fol1
77 Norway] Jenkins (ed. 1982): “the King of Norway, the elder Fortinbras. The conflict is described in [85-9].”
1987 oxf4
oxf4: Furness +
77 the very Armor] Hibbard (ed. 1987) argues that Horatio’s age is irrelevant, that his function here is to be “the voice of history.” Interestingly enough, Hibbard says that we can see Horatio’s age by looking at him, but an actor needs textual clues to tell him his character’s age.
1992 fol2
fol2 ≈ fol1
77 Norway] Mowat & Werstine (ed. 1992): “the king of Norway (the elder Fortinbras).”
1999 Dessen&Thomson
Dessen&Thomson
77 combated] Dessen & Thomson(1999): combat in a SD refers to “a one-on-one fight, or duel . . . .”
2001 Kliman
Kliman: Norway
77 Norway] Kliman (2001): “There is no need to identify the King of Norway with Fortinbras senior, who is not identified as a king. The battles these passages describe are multiple, over periods of time.”
2006 ard3q2
ard3q2: standard
77 Norway] Thompson & Taylor (ed. 2006): “King of Norway”

ard3q2
77 combated] Thompson & Taylor (ed. 2006): “The stress is on the first syllable.”
77 99