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[223] Although the old copy mentions no more at the beginning of this
interview than _Enter Leicester, drum and ancient_, yet according to
this speech he must either have been more numerously attended, or some
of his followers came upon the stage during his dispute with the king
and queen.
[224] The return of Leicester and Richmond, after their _exit_ just
before, is not mentioned in the 4to.
[225] [Old copy, _Come off, off_.]
[226] _Guests_ were often formerly spelt _guess_, whether it were or
were not necessary for the rhyme.
[227] The stage direction in the original is only _Enter Robin_.
[228] This must have been spoken aside to Robin Hood.
[229] [Old copy, _soon_.]
[230] [This passage appears to point to some antecedent drama not at
present known.]
[231] The 4to has it _Damn'd Judaism_, but the allusion is to the
treachery of Judas. The jailer of Nottingham afterwards calls Warman
Judas.
[232] [Old copy, _him_.]
[233] In the old copy this is made a part of what Warman speaks, which
is a mistake, as is evident from the context.
[234] Her _exit_ and re-entrance are not marked in the old copy. Perhaps
she only speaks from a window.
[235] ["A term of contempt," says Halliwell in v.
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