: 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 :)
but look here. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=fetch
at the very bottom, there is a 2nd definition. that is even closer to the fetches in myth
Gothmog