Volume 1 / Act 1 — Act I: Scene 1
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Scene i. Lords and Attendants.] Singer. Lords. Ff. and Attendants. Capell.
5. put] not Pope. apt Collier MS.
7, 8. remains, But that] remains; Put that Rowe.
8, 9. But that to your sufficiency ...] But that to your sufficiency you add Due diligency ... Theobald conj. But that to your sufficiency you joyn A will to serve us ... Hanmer. But that to your sufficiency you put A zeal as willing ... Tyrwhitt conj. But that to your sufficiencies your worth is abled Johnson conj. But your sufficiency as worth is able Farmer conj. Your sufficiency ... able Steevens conj. But that your sufficiency be as your worth is stable Becket conj. But state to your sufficiency ... Jackson conj. But thereto your sufficiency ... Singer. But add to your sufficiency your worth Collier MS. But that [tendering his commission] to your sufficiency. And, as your worth is able, let them work Staunton conj. But that to your sufficiency I add Commission ample Spedding conj. See note (I).
11. city’s] cities Ff.
16. [Exit an Attendant.] Capell.
18. soul] roll Warburton. seal Johnson conj.
22. what] say, what Pope.
25. Scene ii. Pope.
27. your pleasure] F1. your Graces pleasure F2 F3 F4.
28. life] look Johnson conj.
28, 29. character ... history] history ... character Monck Mason conj.
32. they] them Hanmer.
35, 36. all alike As if we] all as if We Hanmer.
37. nor] om. Pope.
42. my part in him] in my part me Hanmer. my part to him Johnson conj. in him, my part Becket conj.
43. Hold therefore, Angelo:—] Hold therefore, Angelo: [Giving him his commission] Hanmer. Hold therefore. Angelo, Tyrwhitt conj. Hold therefore, Angelo, our place and power: Grant White.
45. Mortality] Morality Pope.
51. upon it] upon ’t Capell.
No more] Come, no more Pope.
52. leaven’d and prepared] Ff. leven’d and prepar’d Rowe. prepar’d and leaven’d Pope. prepar’d and level’d Warburton. prepar’d unleaven’d Heath conj.
56. to you] om. Hanmer.
61. your commissions] F1. your commission F2 F3 F4. our commission Pope.
66. laws] law Pope.
76. [Exit.] F2. [Exit. (after line 75) F1.
84. your] you F2.