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Notes for lines 2023-2950 ed. Frank N. Clary

For explanation of sigla, such as jen, see the editions bib.

2864 Of my true mother.	4.5.121

1854 del2

del2

2864 my true mother] Delius (ed. 1854): “Wenn nur ein Tropfen Bluts ruhig in mir bleibt, so bin ich nicht der Sohn des Vaters, dessen Blut ich zu rächen habe, sondern von meiner Mutter in offenbarem, erklärtem Ehebruch erzeugt—True ist = treu, ihrem Gatten treu.” [If only one drop of blood remains calm in me, then I am not my father’s son, whose blood I must avenge, but my mother’s, conceived in open, confessed adultery, true is means faithful or faithful to her husband.]

1869 tsch

tsch: LLL, 1H4 //s

2864 true] Tschischwitz (ed. 1869): “true im alten Sinne für honest. cf. LLL 4.3.187. A true man or a thief that gallops thus? - 1H4 2.2.28. A plague upon it, when thieves cannot be true one to another. 3.3.82. Now, as I am a t r u e woman, holland of eight schillings an ell.” [true in the old sense of honest. Cf. LLL (4.3.185 (1525)]. A true man or a thief that gallops thus?—1H4 [2.2.27-28 (762-3)]. A plague upon it, when thieves cannot be true one to another. [3.3.71 (2074)]]. Now, as I am a true woman, holland of eight schillings an ell.]

1872 del4

del4 = del2

1877 v1877

v1877 ≈ del2 (synonym only)

2864 true] Furness (ed. 1877): “Delius: That is, faithful.”

1885 macd

macd

2864 my true mother] MacDonald (ed. 1885): “In taking vengeance Hamlet must acknowledge his mother such as Laertes says inaction on his part would proclaim his mother.

“The actress should here let a shadow cross the queen’s face: though too weak to break with the king, she has begun to repent.”

1980 pen2

pen2 ≈ v1877

2864 true] Spencer (ed. 1980): “faithful in marriage.”

1984 chal

chal ≈ pen1

2864 true] Wilkes (ed. 1984): “faithful.”

2006 ard3q2

ard3q2: Tem //

2864 my true mother] Thompson & Taylor (ed. 2006): “This is the play’s only reference to the mother of Laertes and Ophelia; like Miranda’s mother at Tem 1.2.56-7, she is evoked only in order to confirm her child’s legitimacy.”