Volume 1 / Act 4 — Act IV: Scene 1
Reading edition
Scene i. Enter M.] Ff. M. discovered sitting. Steevens.
5, 6. F4 omits the refrain in l. 6. Rowe omits it in both lines.
6. but] though Fletcher’s version.
13. it] is Warburton.
17. meet] meet one Hanmer.
19. Enter I.] Transferred by Singer to line 23.
24. Scene ii. Pope.
well come] Ff. welcome Warburton.
32, 33, 34. There have I made my promise Upon the heavy middle of the night To call upon him.] S. Walker conj. There have I made my promise, upon the Heavy middle of the night to call upon him. Ff. There on the heavy middle of the night Have I my promise made to call upon him. Pope. There have I made my promise to call on him Upon the heavy middle of the night. Capell. There have I made my promise in the heavy Middle.... Singer. There have I made my promise on the heavy Middle.... Dyce. Delius and Staunton read with Ff. but print as prose.
38. action all of precept] precept of all action Johnson conj.
49. Scene iii. Pope.
52. have] I have Pope.
58-63. O place ... fancies] These lines to precede III. 2. 178. Warburton conj.
60. these] their Hanmer. base Collier MS.
quests] quest F1.
61. escapes] ’scapes Pope.
62. their idle dreams] Pope. their idle dreame Ff. an idle dream Rowe.
63. Welcome, how agreed?] Well! agreed? Hanmer.
Scene iv. Pope.
65. It is] ’Tis Pope.
74. tithe’s] Tithes F1 F2 F3. Tythes F4. tilth’s Hanmer (Warburton).
Our ... sow] Our tythe’s to reap, for yet our corn’s to sow Capell conj. MS.