Note 185 — Scene II. A room of state in the castle.

he ... heaven] the beteened winds of heaven might not Becket conj.

might not beteem] permitted not Q (1676) and Rowe. would not let e'en Theobald (in text, ed. 1). might not let e'en Theobald (in note, ed. 1, and text, ed. 2).

beteem] beteeme Qq. beteene F₁ F₂. beteen F₃. between F₄. permit Southern MS.