Note 805 — SCENE II.
Reading edition
First Fr. of Col. [reads] Old eds. “1 Liefetenant reads”—but the person called here Lieutenant is one of the Colonel’s two friends who had acted as his seconds in the duel: towards the conclusion of the play we find,
“Enter Colonel with his two Friends,”
and presently after,
“Col. O Lieutenant,” &c.
The other friend who attended him in the duel, having figured in the preceding scene as a teacher of roaring, is not present, it should seem, in the sick chamber.