Fetch in Shakespeare?

Posted By: Welly (pool-141-153-185-147.mad.east.verizon.net)
Date: 10/20/2003 at 9:33 p.m.

In the conflated edition of King Lear, act 2 scene 4. line 87, Lear uses the phrase "mere fetches", which in the contextual notes is defined as "pretenses".

Don't know if this has been mentioned before.

Fetch travel under the pretenses of men to disguise themselves... yeah it's a little weak but the reference is still there :)

Messages In This Thread

• Fetch in Shakespeare?
  Welly (pool-141-153-185-147.mad.east.verizon.net) -- 10/20/2003 at 9:33 p.m.
  • Re: Fetch in Shakespeare?
    Gothmog (ool-43562621.dyn.optonline.net) -- 10/20/2003 at 10:20 p.m.
    • ...? =)
      Doom (207.239.12.200) -- 10/21/2003 at 11:17 a.m.
    • Re: Fetch in Shakespeare?
      Welly (pool-138-89-102-15.mad.east.verizon.net) -- 10/21/2003 at 2:02 p.m.
    • Linguistics...:)
      Olorin (host81-130-130-61.in-addr.btopenworld.com) -- 10/30/2003 at 8:07 p.m.

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