Volume 1 / Act 1 — Act I: Scene 3
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Scene iii.] Scena Quarta Ff. Scene vii. Pope.
3. bosom] breast Pope.
10. and witless] F2 F3 F4. witless F1. with witless Edd. conj.
keeps] keep Hammer.
12. stricture] strictness Davenant’s version. strict ure Warburton.
15. For] Far F2.
20. to] F1. for F2 F3 F4.
weeds] Ff. steeds Theobald. wills S. Walker conj.
21. this] these Theobald.
fourteen] nineteen Theobald.
slip] Ff. sleep Theobald (after Davenant).
25. to] do Dent. MS.
26. terror] F1. errour F2 F3 F4.
26, 27. the rod Becomes more ... decrees] Pope (after Davenant). the rod More ... decrees Ff. the rod’s More ... most just decrees Collier MS.
27. mock’d] markt Davenant’s version.
34. do] om. Pope.
37. be done] om. Pope.
39. the] their Dyce conj.
indeed] om. Pope.
42, 43. fight To do in slander] sight To do in slander Pope. fight So do in slander Theobald. sight To do it slander Hanmer. sight, So doing slander’d Johnson conj. sight To draw on slander Collier MS. right To do him slander Singer conj. light To do it slander Dyce conj. fight To do me slander Halliwell. win the fight To die in slander Staunton conj.
never ... slander] ever in the fight To dole in slander Jackson conj.
43. And] om. Pope.
45. I] om. Pope.
47. in person bear me] Capell. in person beare Ff. my person bear Pope.
49. our] F1. your F2 F3 F4.