Note 184 — Chapter VI
Reading edition
In “King Lear” (iv. 6), where Edgar says:
“Yond tall anchoring bark, Diminish’d to her cock; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight.”
the word “cock” is an abbreviation for cock-boat.
Reading edition
In “King Lear” (iv. 6), where Edgar says:
“Yond tall anchoring bark, Diminish’d to her cock; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight.”
the word “cock” is an abbreviation for cock-boat.