Volume 1 / Act 4 — Act IV: Scene 2
Reading edition
Scene ii.] Scene iii. Pope.
2. austerely] assuredly Heath conj.
4. or sad or] sad Capell.
merrily] merry Collier MS.
6. Of] F2 F3 F4. Oh, F1.
7. you] you; you Capell.
no] a Rowe.
18. his] it’s Rowe.
22. in mind] F1. the mind F2 F3 F4.
26. herein] he in Hanmer.
29. Scene iv. Pope.
sweet] swift Collier MS.
33. hath him] hath him fell Collier MS. hath him by the heel Spedding conj.
34. One] F2 F3 F4. On F1.
After this line Collier MS. inserts: Who knows no touch of mercy, cannot feel.
35. fury] Pope, ed. 2 (Theobald). Fairie Ff.
37. countermands] commands Theobald.
38. of] and Collier MS.
alleys] allies Ff.
lands] lanes Grey conj. See note (V).
37, 38. countermands The ... lands] his court maintains I’ the ... lanes Becket conj.
42, 45. ’rested] Theobald. rested Ff.
43. Tell] Well, tell Edd. conj.
44. arrested well;] F1. arrested, well; F2 F3. arrested: well: F4.
45. But he’s] F3 F4. But is F1 F2. But ’a’s Edd. conj.
can I] F1 F2. I can F3 F4.
46. mistress, redemption] Hanmer. Mistris redemption F1 F2 F3. Mistris Redemption F4. See note (VI).
48. That] Thus F1.
49, 50. band] bond Rowe.
50. but on] but Pope.
54-62. Put in the margin as spurious by Pope.
55. hear] here F1.
56. ’a turns] it turns Pope. he turns Capell.
58. bankrupt] bankrout Ff.
to season] om. Pope.
61. Time] Rowe. I Ff. he Malone. ’a Staunton.
62. an hour] any hour Collier MS.