Volume 1 / Act 4 — Act IV: Scene 2

Scene ii.] Scene v. Pope.

2-4. Printed as verse in Ff.

37-42. Abhor. Sir,.......thief] Abhor. ***Clown.*** Sir, it is a mystery. Abhor. Proof.— Clown. Every ... thief (42) Hanmer. Pom. Proof ... thief (42) Lloyd conj.

39-42. Every......thief] Capell. Abh. Every....thief (39). Clo. If it be ... thief (41) Ff. Abh. Every ... thief, Clown: if it be......thief (42) Theobald.

45. your] you F₂.

53. yare] Theobald. y’are Ff. yours Rowe.

56. The one] Th’ one Ff. One Hamner.

58. Scene vi. Pope.

63. He will not wake] F₁ F₂. He will not awake F₃ F₄. He’ll not awake Pope.

64. yourself] yourself [Ex. Claudio.] Theobald.

65. comfort! [Exit Claudio.] By and by.—] Capell. comfort: by and by, Ff.

70. None] F₁. Now F₂ F₃ F₄.

71. They] She Hawkins conj. There Collier MS.

85. unsisting] F₁ F₂ F₃. insisting F₄. unresisting Rowe. unresting Hanmer. unshifting Capell. unlist’ning Steevens conj. resisting Collier conj. unlisting Mason conj. unfeeling Johnson conj. unwisting Singer.

86. ....Provost] ....Provost, speaking to one at the door, after which he comes forward. Capell.

91. Happily] Happely F₁ F₂. Happily F₃ F₄. See note (XVIII).

96. Scene vii. Pope.

lordship’s] Pope. lords Ff. om. Capell.

96, 97. This ... man. Duke. And ... pardon] Knight (Tyrwhitt conj.). Duke. This ... man. Pro. And ... pardon Ff.

98-101. Printed as verse in Ff.

113. you] om. F₄.

114. Prov. [Reads] Rowe. The letter. Ff.

117. duly] truly Capell (a misprint).

131. It is] Ff. Is it Pope.

136. reckless] Theobald. wreaklesse F₁ F₂ F₃. wreakless F₄. rechless Pope.

138. desperately mortal] mortally desperate Hanmer.

161-165. Printed as verse in Ff. Rowe.

167. tie] F₁ F₄. tye F₂ F₃. tire Theobald conj. dye Simpson conj.

168. bared] Malone. bar’de F₁ F₂ F₃. barb’d F₄.

179. persuasion] Ff. my persuasion Rowe.

188. that] F₁ F₂ F₃. which F₄.

191. writ] here writ Hanmer.