Note 173 — ACT V. SCENE I.
Reading edition
neck-verse] i. e. the verse (generally the beginning of the 51st Psalm, Miserere mei, &c.) read by a criminal to entitle him to benefit of clergy.
Reading edition
neck-verse] i. e. the verse (generally the beginning of the 51st Psalm, Miserere mei, &c.) read by a criminal to entitle him to benefit of clergy.