Volume 1 / Act 3 — Act III: Scene 2

Scene ii.] om. Ff. Scene iv. Pope.

Enter ... Pompey] Enter Elbow, Clowne, Officers. Ff.

5. usuries] usancies Collier MS.

7. Punctuated as in Hanmer. Ff place a semicolon after law. Pope a full stop. Warburton supposes a line or two to be lost.

furred gown] furred lambskin gown Capell.

8. fox and lamb-skins] fox-skins Capell. fox on lamb-skins Mason conj.

11. father] om. Johnson conj.

22. eat, array myself] Theobald (Bishop conj.). eat away myself Ff.

24. Go mend, go mend] Go mend, mend Pope.

25. does] doth Pope.

36. From our faults] F₁. Free from our faults F₂ F₃. Free from all faults F₄.

as faults from seeming] as from faults seeming Hanmer. or from false seeming Johnson conj. or faults from seeming Id. conj.

36. Scene v. [Enter Lucio. Pope.

37. waist] Johnson, ed. 1778. wast F₁ F₂ F₃. waste F₄.

40. wheels] heels Steevens.

43. it] Pope. om. Ff.

44, 45. this tune ... Is’t not] this? tune ... method,—is’t not? Johnson conj.

45. matter and method] the matter and the method Hanmer.

Is’t not ... rain] It’s not down in the last reign Warburton.

46. Trot] to’t Dyce (Grey conj.). troth Jackson conj.

52. her] the Pope.

69, 70. bondage: ... patiently,] Theobald. bondage ... patiently: Ff.

80. Scene vi. Pope.

93. general] gentle Warburton.

95. a great] great Rowe.

98. this] Ff. the Pope.

104. is a motion generative] is a motion ungenerative Theobald. has no motion generative Hanmer. is not a motion generative Capell. is a motion ingenerative Collier MS. is a notion generative Upton conj. is a mule ungenerative Anon. conj.

114. detected] detracted Capell.

123. shy] sly Hanmer.

126. I] om. Rowe.

142. dearer] Hanmer. deare F₁ F₂. dear F₃ F₄.

157. little] a little Hanmer.

again.] again? Ff.

168. this Claudio] this: Claudio Edd. conj.

171. He’s not past it yet, and I say to thee] Hanmer. He’s now past it, yet (and I say to thee) Ff. He’s now past it: yea, and I say to thee Capell.

172. smelt] smelt of Rowe.

173. said] say Pope.

179. Scene vii. Pope

183. swear] swerve Hanmer. severe Farmer conj.

202. even] F₄. ’even F₁ F₂ F₃.

207. See] Theobald. Sea Ff.

212. and it is as] F₃ F₄. and as it is as F₁ F₂.

213. undertaking. There] undertaking, there Collier.

220. especially] specially Pope. These two lines are printed as verse by Ff, ending strifes, ... himself.

232. leisure] lecture Capell conj.

234. your function] the due of your function Collier MS.

243. Scene viii. Pope.

[Exeunt....] Capell. [Exit. F₂. om. F₁.

246, 247. Pattern ... go] Patterning himself to know, In grace to stand, in virtue go Johnson conj. Pattern in himself, to show Grace and virtue. Stand or go Becket conj.

247. and virtue go] virtue to go Collier MS.

249. self-offences] self offences Collier.

256-258. may ... To draw] many ... Draw Harness.

256. likeness made in crimes] Ff. that likeness made in crimes Theobald. that likeness shading crimes Hanmer. such likeness trade in crimes Heath conj. likeness wade in crimes Malone conj. (withdrawn). likeness mate in crimes Leo conj.

257. Making practice] Mocking, practise Malone conj. Make sin practise Jackson conj. Masking practice Collier MS.

258. To draw] Draw Theobald. So draw Staunton conj.