Note 880 — ACT III. SCENE I.
Reading edition
under covert barn] i. e. when he may rob under protection. Barn is a familiar corruption of baron. A wife is said in law to be under covert baron, as sheltered by marriage under her husband.
Reading edition
under covert barn] i. e. when he may rob under protection. Barn is a familiar corruption of baron. A wife is said in law to be under covert baron, as sheltered by marriage under her husband.