Volume 1 / Act 2 — Act II: Scene 1
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The house ... Ephesus.] Pope. The same (i.e. A publick place). Capell, and passim.
11. o’ door] Capell. adore F1 F2 F3. adoor F4.
12. ill] F2 F3 F4. thus F1.
15. lash’d] leashed “a learned lady” conj. ap. Steevens. lach’d or lac’d Becket conj.
17. bound, ... sky:] bound: ... sky, Anon. conj.
19. subjects] subject Capell.
20, 21. Men ... masters ... Lords] Hanmer. Man ... master ... Lord Ff.
21. wild watery] wilde watry F1. wide watry F2 F3 F4.
22, 23. souls ... fowls] F1. soul ... fowl F2 F3 F4.
30. husband start] husband’s heart’s Jackson conj.
other where] other hare Johnson conj. See note (III).
31. home] om. Boswell (ed. 1821).
39. wouldst] Rowe. would Ff.
40. see] be Hanmer.
41. fool-begg’d] fool-egg’d Jackson conj. fool-bagg’d Staunton conj. fool-badged Id. conj.
44. Scene ii. Pope.
now] yet Capell.
45. Nay] At hand? Nay Capell.
and] om. Capell.
45, 46. two ... two] too ... two F1.
50-53. doubtfully] doubly Collier MS.
53. withal] therewithal Capell.
that] om. Capell, who prints lines 50-54 as four verses ending feel ... I ... therewithal ... them.
59. he is] he’s Pope. om. Hanmer.
61. a thousand] F4. a hundred F1 a 1000 F2 F3.
64. home] Hanmer. om. Ff.
68. I know not thy mistress] Thy mistress I know not Hanmer. I know not of thy mistress Capell. I know thy mistress not Seymour conj.
out on thy mistress] F1 F4. out on my mistress F2 F3. ’out on thy mistress,’ Quoth he Capell. I know no mistress; out upon thy mistress Steevens conj.
70. Quoth] Why, quoth Hanmer.
71-74. Printed as prose in Ff. Corrected by Pope.
73. bare] bear Steevens.
my] thy F2.
74. there] thence Capell conj.
85. I last] I’m to last Anon. conj.
[Exit.] F2.
87. Scene iii. Pope.
93. blunts] F1. blots F2 F3 F4.
107. alone, alone] F2 F3 F4. alone, a love F1. alone, alas! Hanmer. alone, O love, Capell conj. alone a lone Nicholson conj.
110. yet the] Ff. and the Theobald. and tho’ Hanmer. yet though Collier.
111. That others touch] The tester’s touch Anon. (Fras. Mag.) conj. The triers’ touch Singer.
and] Ff. yet Theobald. an Collier. though Heath conj.
111, 112. will Wear] Theobald (Warburton). will, Where] F1.
112, 113. F2 F3 F4 omit these two lines. See note (IV).
112. and no man] F1. and so no man Theobald. and e’en so man Capell. and so a man Heath conj.
113. By] F1. But Theobald.
115. what’s left away] (what’s left away) F1. (what’s left) away F2 F3 F4.