Volume 1 / Act 3 — Act III: Scene 1
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1. of] for Hanmer.
4. I’ve] I’have Ff.
5. either] or Pope.
8. keep] reck Warburton. thou art] om. Hanmer.
10. dost] Ff. do Hanmer.
20. exist’st] Theobald. exists Ff.
24. effects] affects Johnson conj.
25. If] Though Hanmer.
28. unloads] unloadeth Pope.
29. sire] F4. fire F1 F2 F3. See note (XIII).
31. serpigo] Rowe. sapego F1. sarpego F2 F3 F4.
34. all thy blessed] pall’d, thy blazed Warburton. all thy blasted Johnson conj. all thy boasted Collier MS.
35. as aged] an indigent Hanmer. assuaged Warburton. assieged Becket conj. engaged Staunton conj. enaged Grant White conj. abased Edd. conj.
37. beauty] bounty Warburton.
38. yet] om. Pope.
40. more] moe Ff. a Hanmer.
46. sir] son Mason conj.
49. Look] om. Pope.
53. Bring me to hear them speak] Malone (Steevens conj.). Bring them to hear me speak F1. Bring them to speak F2 F3 F4. Bring me to stand Capell.
54. concealed] conceal’d F1. conceal’d, yet hear them F2 F3 F4. conceal’d, yet hear them speak Capell. Bring me where I conceal’d May hear them speak Davenant’s version.
55. Scene ii. Pope.
sister] good sister Hanmer.
57. most good, most good indeed] most good indeed Pope. most good in speed Hanmer. most good. Indeed Blackstone conj. See note (XIV).
60. leiger] ledger Capell. lieger Staunton.
62. set on] set out Pope.
64. To] Must Hanmer.
70. Though] Pope. Through Ff.
75, 75. Overlapping line numbers unchanged. In the original text, the two lines called 75 occur before and after a page break.
79. can a resolution fetch] want a resolution fetch’d Hanmer.
80. tenderness?] tenderness. Dyce (Heath conj.).
86. appliances] appliance Hanmer.
88. head] bred Grey conj.
89. falcon] falconer Grey conj.
90, 91. filth ... pond] pond ... filth Upton conj.
91, 94. prenzie] F1. princely F2 F3 F4. priestly Hanmer. precise Knight (Tieck conj.). rev’rend Staunton. saintly Hickson conj. pensive Anon. (N. & Q.) conj. frenzy!—princely Knight conj. printsy Taylor conj. pious Delius conj. phrenzied Anon. (N. & Q.) conj. primsie Anon. (N. & Q.) conj. pensie Bullock conj. See note (XV).
93. damned’st] damnest F1.
94. guards] garb Collier MS.
97. give’t] grant Hanmer. give Warburton.
from] for Hanmer.
103. dear] dearest Pope.
105. he] he then Hanmer.
111. Why] Why, Hanmer.
118. delighted] dilated Hanmer. benighted (Anon. conj. ap. Johnson). delinquent Upton conj. alighted Anon. conj. delated Anon. conj. in Fras. Mag. See note (XVI).
119. reside] recide F1 (and 249).
120. region] regions Rowe.
124, 125. those that ... thought Imagine] those, that ... thought, Imagine Ff. ... thoughts ... Theobald. those—that ... thought—Imagine Hanmer. those whom ... thought Imagines Heath conj. (after Davenant).
127. penury] F2 F3 F4. periury F1.
and] om. Pope.
138. shield] F1. shield: F2 F3 F4. grant Pope.
141. but my] my only Pope.
145. Nay] om. Pope.
148. [Going. Capell.
149. Scene iii. Pope.
Re-enter Duke] Capell. Duke steps in. F2. om. F1. Enter Duke and Provost. Rowe.
155. [Walks apart] Capell.
163. satisfy] falsify Hanmer.
168. [Exit C.] Exit. F2, after line 167, om. F1. See note (XVII).
174. Exit ... forward] Edd. [Exit. F2 om. F1.
176. cheap] chief Collier MS.
177. in goodness] in such goodness Hanmer.
179. to you] on you Hanmer.
183. him:] him, Dyce.
190, 191. advisings: ... good] Pope. advisings,... good; Ff.
192. uprighteously] uprightly Pope.
197. farther] , father F4.
204. She] Her Pope.
was] he was Hanmer.
205. by] om. F1.
and] om. F4.
217. few] F1 F2. few words F3 F4.
her on] on her Capell conj.
219. a marble] as marble Anon. conj.
tears] F1. ears F2 F3 F4.
228. unkindness] kindness Pope.
236. granted in course,—and now] granted incourse, and now Ff. granted, in course now Pope.
241. scaled] foiled Grant White.
244. from] and Rowe.
255. [Exeunt severally] [Exit Ff.