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The Elizabethan Stage, Vol. 3

Note 494 — NOTE ON SYMBOLS (continued 3)

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Soph. IV. i, ‘Enter Sophonisba and Zanthia, as out of a cave’s mouth’ ... (44) ‘Through the vaut’s mouth, in his night-gown, torch in his hand, Syphax enters just behind Sophonisba’.... (126) ‘Erichtho enters’ ... (192) ‘Infernal music, softly’ ... (202) ‘A treble viol and a base lute play softly within the canopy’ ... (212) ‘A short song to soft music above’ ... (215) ‘Enter Erichtho in the shape of Sophonisba, her face veiled, and hasteth in the bed of Syphax’ ... (216) ‘Syphax hasteneth within the canopy, as to Sophonisba’s bed’ ... (V. i. 1) ‘Syphax draws the curtains, and discovers Erichtho lying with him’ ... (24) ‘Erichtho slips into the ground’ ... (29) ‘Syphax kneels at the altar’ ... (40) ‘Out of the altar the ghost of Asdrubal ariseth’. There is no obvious break in IV. Erichtho promises to bring Sophonisba with music, and says ‘I go’ (181), although there is no Exit. We must suppose Syphax to return to his chamber through the vault either here or after his soliloquy at 192, when the music begins.

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