Note 2390 — [ACT III]
Reading edition
When he may rob under protection. Barn is a corruption of baron, and in law a wife is said to be under covert baron, being sheltered by marriage under her husband. (Dyce.)
Reading edition
When he may rob under protection. Barn is a corruption of baron, and in law a wife is said to be under covert baron, being sheltered by marriage under her husband. (Dyce.)