Volume 1 / Act 2 — Act II: Scene 4
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Scene iv.] Scene x. Pope.
2. empty] om. Seymour conj.
3. invention] intention Pope.
4. Heaven] Heaven’s Rowe. Heaven is Capell.
5. his] its Pope.
9. fear’d] scar’d Hanmer. sear Heath conj. stale Anon. conj. See note (IX).
10. take] took Seymour conj.
12. for vain. O place,] F4. for vaine. O place, F1 F2 F3. for vane. O place, or for vane o’ the place. Manlone conj.
15. thou art blood] thou art but blood Pope. thou still art blood Malone.
17. ’Tis not] Is’t not Hanmer. ’Tis yet Johnson conj.
18. desires] asks Pope.
21. both it] both that Pope. it both Collier MS.
22. all] om. Hanmer, who makes lines 19-23 end at blood, both that, dispossessing, fitness.
27. subject] F1 F2 F3. subjects F4.
28. part] path Collier MS.
31. Scene xi. Pope.
33. demand] declare Hanmer.
Your brother] He Hanmer.
34. your honour] you Hanmer.
45. sweetness] lewdness Hanmer.
46. easy] just Hanmer.
48. metal] Theobald. mettle Ff.
means] mints Steevens conj. moulds Malone conj.
50. ’Tis ... earth] ’Tis so set down in earth but not in heaven Johnson conj.
51. Say] And say Pope. Yea, say S. Walker conj. ending lines 50, 51 at heaven, then I.
53. or] Rowe (after Davenant), and Ff.
58. for accompt] accompt Pope.
68. Were ... charity.] Were’t ... charity? Hanmer. ’Twere ... charity. Seymour conj.
70. of] om. Pope.
71. make it my morn prayer] make’t my morning prayer Hanmer.
73. your] yours Johnson conj.
75. craftily] Rowe (after Davenant). crafty Ff.
76. me] om. F1.
80. enshield] in-shell’d Tyrwhitt conj.
81. mark me] mark me well Hanmer.
90. loss] loose Singer MS. toss Johnson conj. list Heath conj. force Collier MS.
94. all-building] Ff. all-holding Rowe. all-binding Johnson. See note (X).
97. to let] let Hanmer.
103. have] I’ve Rowe. I have Capell. had Knight. See note (XI).
sick] seek Johnson (a misprint).
104, 105. Capell (conj.) and Collier end the first line at must.
106. at] for Johnson conj.
111. Ignomy in] Ignomie in F1. Ignominy in F2 F3 F4. An ignominious Pope.
112, 113. mercy Is nothing kin] Ff. mercy sure Is nothing kin Pope. mercy is Nothing akin Steevens. See note (XII).
117. oft] very oft Hanmer, who ends lines 116, 117 at me ... have.
118. we would] we’d Steevens. This line printed as two in Ff.
122. feodary] F2 F3 F4. fedarie F1.
123. thy weakness] by weakness Rowe. to weakness Capell. this weakness Harness (Malone conj.).
126. make] take Johnson conj.
127. their] thy Edd. conj.
135. you be] you’re Pope.
140. former] formal Warburton.
143. for it] Pope. for’t Ff.
153. Pope ends the line at world.
163. redeem] save Pope.
171. should] shall Steevens.
172. perilous] most perilous Theobald. these perilous Seymour conj. pernicious S. Walker conj.
175. court’sy] curtsie Ff.
179. mind] mine Jackson conj.
185. Inverted commas prefixed to this line in Ff.