Note 505 — SCENE III.
Reading edition
A deer or other animal was said to "take soil" when it fled from its pursuers to the water. Dyce quotes from Cotgrave:—"Souil de sanglier. The soile of a wild Boare; the slough or mire wherein he hath wallowed."
Reading edition
A deer or other animal was said to "take soil" when it fled from its pursuers to the water. Dyce quotes from Cotgrave:—"Souil de sanglier. The soile of a wild Boare; the slough or mire wherein he hath wallowed."