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Updated: June 19, 2025
Surely they must all have forgotten that Caliban was drunk, and, after singing 'firing' and 'requiring, would naturally sing 'trenchering. There is a drunken swing in the original line which is entirely lost in the precise, curtailed rhythm of 'Nor scrape trencher, nor wash dish." Other editors had retained "trenchering," but none, that we know, ever gave so good a reason for it.
White is superior to any previous editor. In proof of what we have said, we will refer to a few of the notes which have particularly pleased us, and which show originality of view. "'Nor scrape trenchering, nor wash, dish. "Dryden, Theobald, Dyce, Halliwell, and Hudson would have 'trenchering' a typographical error for 'trencher, which they introduce into the text.
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