Note 241 — SCENE II.
Reading edition
comfort] “The old copy has consort, which induced Coxeter to give the speech to Hippolita. I have little doubt but that the mistake is in this word, which should be comfort, as it stands in the text: by this term the fond parent frequently addresses his children. In the mouth of Leonides, too, it forms a natural reply to the question of Cleanthes, who then turns to make the same demand of his wife.”—Gifford.